Saldos de cielo y tierra

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.

La ruptura con la infancia, la cultura y las parejas deja una realidad inasible a su paso. El mundo se convierte en un lugar ajeno que toca volver a crear para poder habitarlo, para formar parte de él. Enfrentarse a ese mundo es desnudarlo y pincharlo para saber dónde y cómo duele, cómo ama o deja de amar. En Patios interiores la casa se vuelve una presencia espectral, el amor, una carga repelente e insufrible, y la niñez, una luz tenue volcada en el concreto y la carencia.

"Buzzing Hemisphere / Rumor Hemisfaerico imagines an alternative to the monolingualism of the U.S. literary and political landscape, and proposes a geo-neuro-political performance attuned to marginalized forms of knowledge, perception, and identity. Poet Urayoaan Noel maps the spaces between and across languages, cities, and bodies, creating a hemispheric poetics that is broadly geopolitical and intimately neurological"--Provided by publisher.

Known primarily for his poetry of social protest Chicano poet Alurista moves in a new direction in Z Eros, which includes both erotic and political poetry. Moving rapidly between Spanish and English, he introduces readers to a language and a world that exists somewhere between the two cultures and voices. About half of this book is in English and the rest in Spanish.