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The Essence of a Young Poet is about a teenager (Juan Manuel) that started facing a lot of problems and heartaches as soon as he entered high school and encountered reality face to face. Throughout the book he goes through a lot of shifts of emotions as he encounters those problems. On his freshmen year he fell in love with a junior that played with his feelings and then broke his heart; as a result of that, he fell into a deep depression and started heading toward a dark path. Without the presence of his father, he had nobody to turn to that he could trust and express himself to, to help him ...

Esta obra representa mi estreno como autor. Ya lo indica su nombre; este poemario es una recopilación de temas diversos: desde la libertad hasta el amor —o lo que a veces se interpreta como tal—, afrontados como buenamente se puede. A veces amargo, otras esperanzador, este compendio de reflexiones poéticas intenta aportar una mirada estética a lo que la vida ofrece y también arrebata.

Las poetas latinoamericanas no han sido leídas realmente en Colombia; escasamente, las propias colombianas. En la raíz de esta investigación se encuentra una propuesta concreta de recepción para nuestros ambientes académicos y amantes de la poesía en general. Lo que se pretende es hacer oír unas voces que no han sido reconocidas ni escuchadas suficientemente en el país. No es simplemente una colección de poemas, esta se adjunta al final: es una antología crítica, en el sentido en que la relectura se sustenta, se explica y se dan pistas para que lectoras y lectores caminen solos en...

The Martin Fierro, the classic argentine poem, has been the subject of studies and discussions ever since the issuing of its first part edition -el gaucho Martin Fierro- in 1873, and there have been many ensuing editions, including some still available, to prove it. This new edition of both parts aims to render a balanced startpoint to the study of the literary piece. This edition is based on the original texts: El gaucho Martin Fierro Imprenta de La Pampa, 1872, and La vuelta de Martin Fierro Libreria del Plata, 1879, and includes no less than 535 lexicographic notes, conveniently placed at...