Binding: Hardcover
Description: Red Hot Salsa is an extraordinary collection of bilingual poems from the bestselling editor of Cool Salsai think in spanishi write in englishi want to go back to puerto rico but i wonder if my kink could livein ponce mayag ez and carolinatengo las venas aculturadasescribo en spanglishabraham in espa ol - - from " My Graduation Speech " by Tato Laviera Ten years after the publication of the acclaimed Cool Salsa editor Lori Marie Carlson has brought together a stunning variety of Latino poets for a long - awaited follow - up. Established and familiar names are joined by many new young voices and Pulitzer Prize - winning novelist Oscar Hijuelos has written the Introduction. The poets collected here illuminate the difficulty of straddling cultures languages and identities. They celebrate food family love and triumph. In English Spanish and poetic jumbles of both they tell us who they are where they are and what their hopes are for the future.
Title: Red Hot Salsa Bilingual Poems On Being Young And Latino In The United States
Author(s): Hijuelos Oscar
Publisher: Henry Holt And Co. (Byr)
Barcode: 9780805076165
Pages: 160 Pages
Language: Spanish
Publication Date: 4/1/2005