Latidos Ardientes

I am delighted to see this second book in the Bridges Series come to print. I originally conceived of this series of books to be a bridge between two cultures, a bridge between colleagues, friends and fellow writers - two Cubans and two Canadians in each book. Ever since the inception of the CCLA in 2004 we have tried to live up to our mandate: The mandate of the Canada Cuba Literary Alliance is to advance cultural solidarity between Canada and Cuba through the creative expression of poetry, prose, art and photography. This book will evidence our ongoing success. For me personally this book...

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 ...

Perras de caza condensa una escritura tan aguerrida como poética, que envuelve un grito apasionado y feroz en pos de la liberación de las mujeres: versos que no dejan de cautivarnos. En sus poemas, Irene X rompe abruptamente con el silencio que envuelve un mundo artístico gobernado por hombres. En palabras de la autora: «Un mundo donde la mujer —siempre tratada como un ente frágil para poder quebrarlo— es objeto de abuso, coacción, extorsión y burla. Reducida a ser la compañera arrodillada, una mascota fiel. Que tarde o temprano será colgada, abandonada o llevada al matadero....

Poemario de Daniel Huerta Goya. Incluye los apartados: "Umbral", "Nocturno" y "Aire". Daniel Huerta Goya (Madrid,1978) es profesor de Lengua Castellana y Literatura en un instituto de su ciudad natal. Su obra poética, escrita en castellano y catalán, ha sido premiada en multitud de certámenes y ha aparecido en diferentes antologías.