Los conspiradores

Pablo Neruda is one of the world's most popular poets, and The Book of Questions is Copper Canyon's all-time best-seller. This updated bilingual edition is entirely re-designed and features a new cover, new interior, and an introduction by translator. In The Book of Questions, Neruda refuses to be corralled by the rational mind. Composed of 316 unanswerable questions, these poems integrate the wonder of a child with the experiences of an adult. By turns Orphic, comic, surreal, and poignant, Neruda's questions lead the reader beyond reason into realms of intuition and pure imagination. Tell...

In Ariel Francisco's Miami, invasive lionfish are sympathetic creatures, the beach succumbs to sea-level rise, and "305 till I die" is a cry for help. The speakers in these hilarious and melancholy poems depict a rich and varied emotional landscape that mirrors that of the state they long to leave, dead or alive. They imagine themselves standing on ocean garbage patches, contemplate the crabgrass on traffic medians, and envision the new beauty of a submerged Miami Beach: "Famed art deco replaced by fire coral / and colorful parrot fish, neon lights / restored by pulsating swarms of moon /...

In as our barrio turns...who the yoke b on, alurista poet-filetero filosofo snaps shots of his singular history in wickedly funny, blashemous travelogues through his yourth and activist days. He twists our tongues in the vernacular that we as Chicano Mexicanos find snugly familiar and exhilarating.

Poemas desgarrados, poemas embrujados, poemas cósmicos. Del autor de Guía astrológica para sobrevivir en la Tierra y Astrología para hacer la revolución. Sabemos que el amor no dura para siempre. Entonces ¿cómo es que parecía tan eterno? ¿Estuvo todo en nuestra cabeza? ¿Y qué nos queda después del derrumbe? ¿La bronca, la confusión, las estrellas en el cielo? Nos queda la poesía. Porque los poemas pueden ser también hechizos, rituales brujos, hogueras en las que quemamos los jirones de nuestros deseos. Un destello mágico que puede transformarnos en otra cosa: un planeta fuera ...