Furia y Templanza

La simbólica estrella del Oriente del culto Católico, bajo la cual se escenifica a los tres reyes magos provenientes de Egipto, claramente ilumina las huellas de nuestra fe cristiana belemita y también nos mudejariza el paisaje oriental bajo las palmeras del desierto árabe a través de los villancicos. Ello quiere decir, que la literatura Navideña está poblada no sólo de camellos y de dunas, sino de elementos orientalistas que nos han vinculado por siglos con el legado árabe que, de todas maneras, pasa por el arco de la historia de Andalusí, dejándonos profundos aljibes, donde se...

La poesia puede servir como un metodo para poder expresar los pensamientos y sentimientos que existen dentro de un ser humano. Demonos la oportunidad de cambiar este mundo por un mundo mejor. Demostremos que la unidad vale mas que la soledad.

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...

Winner of a 2002 American Book Award Winner of the 2002 Colorado Book Award in Poetry "The natural voice at work in the poetry sings of one human life as if it were our own. I loved listening." —Rita Kiefer, author of Nesting Doll "This just may be one of the best books of poetry I have ever read. . . . This is the kind of writing that give poetry a good name." —Mike Nobles, Tulsa World "Abeyta's poetry amazingly captures this struggle with poems that are simultaneously tortured and thankful, celebratory and melancholy, earthly and ethereal. . . . Poet Abeyta beautifully captures the...