Gene Frumkin and Alvaro Cardona-Hine decided to collaborate on a collection of poetry written about and in various parts of the world while tapping into their sources of inspiration and basic existential concerns. Guided by their respective muses, Frumkin and Cardona-Hine produced ""The Curvature of the Earth"", a volume that enhances their contrasting styles and celebratory views of existence. The ""Curvature of the Earth"" contains poems written in Holland, Spain, Tuscany, and Hawai'i, and commemorates the collaborative power of two poets at the height of their talents. It contains works by Gene Frumkin in the section Spain: A first visit that includes: ""The Good Dream""; ""Death and the Museums""; ""The Girls of Madrid in Their High-Heeled Shoes""; ""Where We Come From""; ""The Mind Loses Itself""; ""Among the People""; ""Where Is Franco Back Then?""; ""The Mediodia""; ""Mythical Birds""; ""Traveling around Madrid""; ""American Dreams, Spanish Dreams""; and ""Madrid Recedes"". The works by Alvaro Cardona-Hine in the section Spain after all includes: ""Dawn over the Atlantic""; ""How to Tell You Are Staying at the Dream Hotel""; ""The Poet The Museum""; ""How It Is""; ""Goya""; ""Mussorgsky Drunk""; ""Segovia""; ""Visiting Foreign Lands""; ""The Alhambra""; ""Malaga Night""; ""Cabada""; ""Toledo""; ""Barcelona""; ""San Sebastian""; and ""Seville"".

Sucursal de Estrella brings together poems written since 1954 in Spanish by Alvaro Cardona Hine. Grouped into seven sections that embrace diverse forms and times, this multi-faceted work offers testimony of a return to his native tongue and the landscape of voices that constitute its memory. The pain of existence, a desperation before a world violated by man and, at the same time, a sense of humor, of the beauty of some past time, the love of creation, of a life shaped by an honesty of word and silence, these inspire, line after line, the texture of these poems.