In wondrous, singing translation by Mike Soto, these spare, striking poems by Ignacio Ruiz-Pérez explore the infinite solitude of the universe. The poems of Ignacio Ruiz-Pérez reflect a world precariously dependent on the word, but also transfixed by the word. They express a metaphysical shift where the laws of heaven and earth are suspended, transformed into a terrain of the journey inward, reflecting a cosmos of the self. The simplicity of these poems never fail to resonate, reflecting a pro...
The first collection of the poetry of Juan Calzadilla to be translated into English, Journal with No Subject spans eleven books published from 1962 to the present. This poetry denounces the dehumanization of modernity, appropriates surrealistic language, questions identity and poetry itself, and dissolves the coherent, autonomous subject. Uniting political and aesthetic radicalism, Calzadilla ultimately reestablishes faith in poetry.
Garden of Silica is the first poetry anthology of the Uruguayan Ida Vitale to appear in English, spanning eight books published from 1960 to the present. Vitale is one of the fundamental voices of Latin American literature, and her work also encompasses essays, short stories, journalism, and translation. She belongs to Uruguay's Critical Generation of the 1940s, whose mission was the construction of a participative intellectual subject. Vitale's poetry illustrates the incompatibility of the cons...
This bilingual anthology of contemporary Mexican poetry reflects a broad continuum of styles and offers generous selections from the writings of twenty poets. Marlon Fick worked directly with each poet and selected the poems to be included here on the basis of aesthetic merit, the authors' reputations, and the representational quality of the work with regard to Mexican literature. Fick chose to include only twenty poets to allow the incorporation of generous selections from the writings of each....
David Rosenmann-Taub: poemas y comentarios rompe con los esquemas convencionales. Hasta ahora, salvo el poeta mismo, nadie ha emprendido una antologia comentada de los poemas de Rosenmann-Taub. Ademas, aunque el poeta chileno ha publicado por setenta anos, todavia falta un amplio entendimiento de sus preocupaciones tematicas. Al formular estrategias interpretativas para entender los poemas, Kenneth Gorfkle desarrollo su propio acercamiento a la expresion y comunicacion de ese entendimiento: glos...
Landsmoder, by the Salvadoran poet, historian, and performance artist Elena Salamanca, is a searing, and sometimes grotesque, exploration of the intersections between nationalism, dogma, patriarchy, and violence. Originally read aloud from the oldest standing monument in San Salvador’s centro histórico, the performance poems in Landsmoder retool the laudatory pomp of patriotic ceremony to protest the weaponization of national myth as a mask for erasure, cruelty, and neglect at the hands of the s...
"A feverish story of young adulthood, exploring how fandom and obsession shape how we relate to the world . . . Dreaming of You navigates the complexities of Latinx identity, self-loathing, love, and the loneliness of drifting into adulthood." —Miguel Salazar, Vulture "At the center of this exploration of insecurities, joys, and identity stands Melissa Lozada-Oliva—an unapologetic poet who isn’t afraid of the rawness of the mind and is resilient in her writing— so much so that it feels like we’...
Floating between memoir and philosophical inquiry, Mariella Nigro’s Memory Rewritten explores the ongoing impact of a childhood trauma and the power of poetry to come to terms with loss, even finding beauty in it. "Sister souls of mine, never look back!" admonished Uruguayan modernist poet Delmira Agustini (1886-1914) in an elegy that reminds us of the fate of the biblical Lot’s wife as well as the ill-fated Orpheus. But sometimes, looking back is necessary – particularly when it is a sister who...
The New York Times has called Mary Oliver's poems "thoroughly convincing - as genuine, moving, and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring." In this stunning collection of forty poems - nineteen previously unpublished - she writes of nature and love, of the way they transform over time. And the way they remain constant. And what did you think love would be like A summer day The brambles in their places, and the long stretches of mud Flowers in every field, in every garden, with their...
Amy M. Alvarez explores the cultural, spiritual, and place-based experiences of Afro-Caribbean and African American diasporic peoples in this haunting and emotionally charged collection of poems that meditates on the meaning of home and existence. Born in New York City to Jamaican and Puerto Rican parents, Alvarez draws readers into a journey of self-discovery and identity, connecting the past with the present while highlighting the complexities of navigating life as a multicultural American. Th...
Alejandra Pizarnik Prosa completa / Alejandra Pizarnik Complete Prose
by Alejandra Pizarnik
«Sombría, orgullosa, llena de suturas y de grietas, la obra pizarnikiana responde a una estructura del deseo.» -María Negroni En el prólogo a esta Prosa completa de la mítica poeta argentina Alejandra Pizarnik, Ana Nuño nos habla de este libro imprescindible en los siguientes términos: «El interés que presenta esta edición, respecto del ominoso imperativo de la novedad editorial, es triple: ofrece una ordenación cronológica de un material que en su momento fue recogido en volumen, tanto en A...
You are looking at these words this very moment and asking yourself, "What is this book about?" They are over six billion or more of us on this planet. We are all so different but yet so similar. We can together learn to uplift each other through all channels of communication that we now have within our grasp. Like the words on the Haitian flag, "L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE," that is French for "Union is Strength." There is strength in unity. This book is the instrument that I've chosen to maybe bring...
XXIX PREMIO REINA SOFÍA DE POESÍA IBEROAMERICANA La Vida Nueva tal como Zurita lo concibió: un verdadero acontecimiento en la poesía contemporánea.. Esta es la historia azarosa de un proyecto en el que Raúl Zurita ha empeñado la mitad de su vida. En 1983, tras haber cambiado para siempre la poesía chilena con Purgatorio y Anteparaíso, Zurita comenzó a escribir La Vida Nueva, libro con el que cerraría una trilogía poética de proyecciones inauditas. A pesar de trabajar en él durante más de una...
