Lux del Sol (Poesía y Prosa)

Es este un libro punzante, cruel, irónico, escrito con un lenguaje exteriorista, pero poblado de metáforas y símbolos que aluden recurrentemente al borramiento de la persona, al hundimiento de la rebeldía.

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 ...

El comienzo de algo similar a un laberinto. Encontrarás obstáculos que intentarán impedir que me entiendas, en tu mano está seguir o no. Y si escoges el camino correcto, tal vez puedas llegar a conocerme. No me juzgues sin haberme leído. Sin haberme abierto en canal a ti. Acábame y después te dejaré juzgarme. En estas páginas encontrarás de todo. Versos donde te identifiques, otros creados para entretenerte y otros para volver a encontrarte, por si te habías perdido. No todos tienen nombre y apellidos, algunos ni siquiera tienen remitente, otros sí y hay algunos que te costará...

Francisco Bustos eloquently writes of Colonia Ruiz Cortinez and Barrio San Ysidro, waiting in la linea to be scrutinized by U.S. Customs officials, and of the bi-national journey of living both in the United States and Mxico. His melodic tone defies the fast-paced world of schedules, while being actively engaged in the moment, and then fleeting down another street to encounter another tale. As es la vida qu no?, Bustos says, As es. Michael Cheno Wickert focuses mainly on living in the barrios of Southeast San Diego where life often turns toward violence and suspicion is commonplace. It is a...