Adonde se van los amores perdidos...

Cuerpos en la pared es mucho más que una antología, es la metáfora viva del sufrimiento y la exclusión. La sociedad es ese obstáculo, esa pared que todas las voces (poéticas y narrativas) presentes en este libro, deben derrumbar para terminar con el patriarcado y con las ideas religiosas que le imponen al ser humano una forma particular de vivir la vida. En algunos casos se derrumba, en otros, cuando ya no es posible, nos apoderamos de ella y "Manchamos cada ladrillo/con saliva, sudor, sangre y semen". Cuerpos en la pared es una mezcla de sombras vagando en el silencio, en la nada,...

This is a Spanish-language edition of The Latin Deli, Judith Ortiz Cofer's prizewinning collection of short stories, personal essays, and poems. A work rich in longing, love, and remembrance, El deli latino opens a door into the lives of the Puerto Rican immigrants who live in or near an urban New Jersey tenement known as "El Building." The book was selected by Rita Dove, Ashley Montague, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. to receive the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, which recognizes work that has made "important contributions to our understanding of racism or our appreciation of the rich diversity of...

Vértigo en la espera refleja un devenir jalonado de sorpresas, sendas tortuosas, vericuetos sombríos o gozosos, emociones, recuerdos, olvidos, miedos y anhelos cruzados por la estela de ese vértigo que es el vivir diario. Un trayecto personal inserto en la marea poliédrica y silenciosa del azar y la espera, de un destino que nos aguarda agazapado e ignoto.

These poems are about Love, Life and Living. The world is seen as a beautiful, complex and diverse place. These poems provide a picturesque view of the world. Love is beautiful when the going is good and terrible when it goes bad, leading to heartaches, nervous breakdown and sometimes even death. It can make or mare a man and has been the reason for the downfall of some notable successful men. Life is mysterious. Full of ups and down and has different stages which I prefer to call part 1, part 2 and for some people, part 3. The only constant thing in life is change and as each day comes with...