Amor Bajo Las Sombras II

"La nina de la barca" es un poemario agradable, edificante y de facil lectura, adecuado para esos momentos dificiles o apacibles en los que se despierta en nosotros interes de reflexion sobre temas muy sensibles a nuestras vidas, como recuerdos de la infancia, la gracia de permanecer en amor matrimonial, la esperanza de reencontrarnos con la madre que se nos ha ido, la conexion de nuestros hijos a la paternidad de Dios, la ruptura de la incredulidad en nuestras nuevas generaciones respecto a la creacion y otros aspectos valiosos para todos aquellos que hemos sido lavados con la sangre de...

Ranging in subject from the life of the barrio to affairs of the heart, these poems transform the myths, ethos, and distinctive language of the Chicano community into a deeply personal poetry. Francisco Santana builds upon the Hispanic tradition of the poet who speaks for his pueblo in an original way.

Not since 1959 when Octavio Paz and Samuel Beckett published An Anthology of Mexican Poetry, has there been a collection which so thoroughly examines the poetry of the country known for being "too far from God and too close to the United States." Yet, as Elliott Weinberger writes in his introduction, "Americans know everything about God, but next to nothing about Mexico—few know that Mexico-particularly when compared to the United States-is a kind of paradise for poets." Reversible Monuments introduces this "paradise" to American readers. It includes major international writers like Alberto ...

Heaviness. Time nullifies the present, it poisons future words. Actions repeat themselves: I breathe the same air, the same place the same memories. Heaviness. In Los dioses sí hablan (The Gods, in Truth, Speak), Claudia Quackenbush voices her encapsulated feelings and experiences that she has enjoyed since her marital romance—maternal expressions, sociopolitical thoughts, even her intimate memories, sending the reader to a world of love which breaks barriers and envelops time. Through her poems, one can envision a love for God and nature, peace, optimism, nostalgia, illusions, desire, as...