Nomadic Nation / Nación Nómada
This expanded edition of Ruben Medina's 2010 chapbook Nomadic Nation / Nacion Nomada includes a new introduction by the author about his poetics as well as new translations of work originally written in Spanish. Composed in English, Spanish and Spanglish, these important poems reflect on the lives of immigrants/emigrants, our restless spirits, and the human journey: "We are at the periphery of the center / and at the center of the periphery / at the same time." Writes Medina in "Una poetica norteada" "There is no purity in language. There never has been. ... Interference can at times simply...