Luces y sombras

Known primarily for his poetry of social protest Chicano poet Alurista moves in a new direction in Z Eros, which includes both erotic and political poetry. Moving rapidly between Spanish and English, he introduces readers to a language and a world that exists somewhere between the two cultures and voices. About half of this book is in English and the rest in Spanish.

The Essence of a Young Poet is about a teenager (Juan Manuel) that started facing a lot of problems and heartaches as soon as he entered high school and encountered reality face to face. Throughout the book he goes through a lot of shifts of emotions as he encounters those problems. On his freshmen year he fell in love with a junior that played with his feelings and then broke his heart; as a result of that, he fell into a deep depression and started heading toward a dark path. Without the presence of his father, he had nobody to turn to that he could trust and express himself to, to help him ...

Todos los días podemos encontrar un poco de magia dentro de nuestra vida rutinaria, encontrar una pizca de amor, una señal que nos haga pensar en lo que nos pasa sin darnos cuenta. Este diario de píldoras te recorrerá durante un año en una emoción constante donde abrazarte a esos momentos en los que creías que era imposible soñar durante cinco segundos. Date el placer de pensar en todos esos pequeños detalles que creías que eran imposibles cada día, esos pequeños detalles que hacen que la vida sea mucho más grande.

En «La mujer que era», Vivian Dragna libera su voz poética con honestidad de fuego y parece incendiar cada recodo de una vida pasada latente en la memoria del cuerpo. Sus versos activan la velocidad del pensamiento, son íntimos en su relación con la piel y especialmente en su autoconciencia. El yo poético explora su propia vulnerabilidad con fiereza, como un ejercicio de reconstrucción que transita tanto lo vital como el extravío, en el cual la palabra directa es detonante y a la vez antídoto.