Prismas Nativos

Un día, una desprevenida hoja de papel se dio cuenta que la tinta comenzaba a marcarla... y desde entonces, no fue la misma. Un día, la tinta se dio cuenta que una mano la utilizaba como cómplice... y desde entonces, cambió su esencia. Un día, una mano encontró la necesidad de plasmar los pensamientos y palabras que un corazón gritaba en silencio... y desde entonces, esa mano se volvió inquieta; y aliada al papel y a la tinta fueron desde ese momento los amigos inseparables de un corazón que desbocaba en ellos cada grito, cada suspiro, cada lágrima, cada beso, cada caricia que solo...

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 highlands of Chiapas are smoldering with death. In the winter of 1997, paramilitary agents ambushed and killed many Mayan villagers in Acteal, Chiapas. Gifted writer Juan Felipe Herrera has composed a stirring poem sequence--published in a bilingual format--written in response and homage to those who died, as well as to all those who call for peace and justice in the Mexican highlands and throughout the Americas. Thunderweavers is a story of violent displacements in the lives of the most impoverished residents of southern Mexico, the Tzotzil Tzeltal campesinos. It deals with the...

Inmigrante por las dificultades económicas, pero siempre con el deseo de ser alguien en la vida, viniendo de una familia humilde. Gracias a dios puedo compartir mi pequeño talento y este libro de poesía está dedicado a las personas con cáncer. Immigrant due to economic difficulties, but always with the desire to be somebody in life, coming from a humble family. Thank God I can share my little talent and this book of poetry is dedicated to people with cancer.