Poesia y Algo Mas de Un Mexicano

A winner of the 2008 National Poetry Series mtvU Prize offers a playful yet serious collection of poems that explore the richness of her cultural and linguistic heritage, which spans from Mexico to the Philippines; defend with vigor and humor the color purple; and analyze the insecurities of the letter “h”; among other things. Original. 15,000 first printing.

"No quiero hablar de amor; Madre" es un libro que agrupa una serie de escritos y poemas que vislumbran las primeras inquietudes del autor. Intenta explicar en voz alta sentimientos encontrados, a la vez que hacerles homenaje a las personas más humildes a través de sus palabras. Representa una ruptura con el silencio, la negación y el olvido, a la vez que rechaza aceptar que los sentimientos y los sueños han cambiado de nombre, abriendo otra vez la puerta a lo sencillo.

"This book examines the work of Guillermo Carnero, one of Spain's most important contemporary poets, in the context of the critical theories developed in the West after World War II that inform all of Carnero's writing." "Previous critical studies have tried to link Carnero's poetry to that of other novisimo poets within the narrow confines of Spanish poetics and literary history. This study seeks to move beyond the limiting perspective of the Spanish generational paradigm."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The vision begins with a river. From this river, you can see a village, marine life, and ancestral rituals. It is here that you recognize origins, and a poison beginning to spread through paradise. Suddenly, a premonition: a wounded animal. The certainty of war cries. What you take with you is what you become, each movement a gamble, a lottery of life that transforms you until this moment, when uncertainty becomes an ally. Lotería: Nocturnal Sweepstakes is a collection of deeply evocative coming-of-age poems that take the reader on a voyage through the intimate experiences of displacement....