Talismanes para la fuga

Rutinas cerebrales: input, output, el moribundo dice: ¿estás ahí? Buscábamos a Helena y la encontramos sobreviviendo al peso de su imagen.

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 /...

Introducción biográfica y crítica. I. La conciencia de ser poeta. II. En una coherente y natural historia. III. Final de la obra consumada. Noticia Bibliográfica. Bibliografía Selecta sobre el Autor. Abreviaturas. Nota Previa. Final. Índice de Poemas de Final. Índice de Láminas.

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.