Poemas articulados sin razón aparente

“Los animales saben”, escribió Beckett y, sin duda, Pacheco ha comprendido la lección que encierra su sapiencia. En Álbum de zoología se reúnen 50 poemas suyos sobre los animales. Compañeros de nuestra vida terrestre, éstos son un espejo vivo en el que puede aparecer el rostro, unas veces atroz y otras hermosamente humano, de nuestra propia especie. Su lección es la misma que guarda este {Álbum de zoología}; no una moraleja sino una profunda llamada de atención hacia la vida.

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.

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BORICUA PASSPORT evokes the complex in-betweeness that represents the contemporary Puerto Rican condition as filtered through the prism of poet J.L. Torres’ life experience. For many Puerto Ricans the sense of being unhomed—having a homeland but not really feeling at home anywhere—is a real lived experience determined by a persisting and unsettled colonial condition. In BORICUA PASSPORT, Torres, screams, shouts, rejoices, celebrates, tickles and challenges with a poetry sprinkled with Spanish/Spanglish that is immediate and urgent. His is a testimony to the indefatigable Puerto Rican...