Poemas escogidos y otros nuevos

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...

Poemas de amor y sentimiento, un bálsamo a las heridas. Poemas de amor y sentimiento, un claro en el arroyo. Poemas de amor y sentimiento, caricias de sonrisas. 333, desde los cielos, son los ángeles que hablan en los versos. 333, desde el silencio, son los ángeles murmurando cada beso. 333, al firmamento, Dios camina en la poesía, se transforma en cada vía que sustenta el alma mía.

La poesía de José Luis Parra (Madrid, 1944), escrita a lo largo de los últimos veinticinco años, se fija con recurrencia en la labor de zapa realizada por cada minuto, hora y día. Descarnada y lúcida, viene envuelta sin embargo en una dicción siempre elegante. El tono, nunca adusto, sabe ser grave sin solemnidad (no rechaza la ironía ni tampoco, en ocasiones, el humor) y propicia la mezcla de la precisión con la inquietud, su claridad reverberando hacia lo amargo, tiznada por el daño. Donde otros quizá recurrirían –porque la temática los admite– a registros más abruptos,...

"Voz de mi Raza" (Voice of my People) is comprised of several topics, however its main focus is on social issues. The pages within contain the complaints, lamentations, and protests of the oppressed against social injustices. It is a reflection of the pain experienced by our people as well as the dreams and yearnings for an authentic liberty without constraints from the dominating political and economic powers. It is the cry that surges from the effervescence of pain, fatigue, misery and hope for the peace that will not be whilst all avenues leading to it are blocked by nefarious social...