Mentiras Asesinas

Poemas y reflexiones que salen del alma de una persona que ha vivido una vida intensa y llena de altas y bajas lejos de su país de origen. Vivencias que describen una amplia gama de sentimientos, desde romances que marcaron y dejaron cicatrices, hasta el recuerdo doloroso y agridulce de la patria que quedó atrás, esa tierra, que como la primera novia, nunca se olvida.

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...

I am honored to dedicate my poetry in English and Spanish to the world and specially in these difficult times that we have . I know that my experiences that I have had since my early childhood have given me solutions for many of the challenges that our world faces today. I support the protection of the environment since I believe that it is our duty to protect what God has given us, and not to to be destructive to flora and fauna; and that wars between humans should be resolved in a peaceful and cordial way. I also address homelessness, drug abuse, abuse of the elderly , and to prayerfully...

El mundo se analiza mejor desde la sonrisa, y esta, en verso, es la que se recuerda mejor. Este pequeño libro contiene una recopilación de epigramas(poemas cortos, generalmente, entre ocho y doce versos) y otros más extensos, que relatan, de manera ingeniosa, situaciones cotidianas: fumadores incapaces de dejarlo; avaros en extremo; políticos de escasa competencia; decisiones absurdas, etc. Veamos un pequeño ejemplo de ello: Saturnino, el concejal, cuando, fuera de sus lares, tiene urgencia miccional, para no pagar en bares, va provisto de un pañal. Se trata, en definitiva, de un...