Poetas Bogotanos

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...

Libro que recoge la lectura de poemas hecha por el autor en el marco del Aula de Poesia de la Universitat de Lleida (marzo de 1996).

Silencio imperfecto La poesía de este libro, sin necesidad de culturizarse o quizás porque Lucía Guadalupe, así cultiva su despreocupación por el razonamiento, la purificación, distrayendo a la memoria, homenajeando a la nada. El silencio imperfecto enseña a pensar y nos provoca a pensar, de formas diversas. Lucía se crea a sí misma y al intentar querer y poder no se posee, sino se crea y se crea escapando a sí misma. Estos capítulos subsisten a pesar y en contra de la razón intelectual y sin embargo el silencio imperfecto todo lo reconstruye, recordándonos o escribiendo por qué ...

Quan Barry embarks on discursive inquiry in Controvertibles. She lifts familiar cultural moments out of their usual settings and repositions them in front of new, disparate backdrops, endeavoring to understand the essence of modern experience. Doug Flutie's famous Hail Mary pass and Rutger Hauer's role in Blade Runner are contextualized within the Tibetan Book of the Dead, while an ultrasound reading acts as a meditation on the limits of critical theory. Samantha Smith, the Shroud of Turin, Igor Stravinsky, Bob Beamon's world-record-setting long jump, the largo from Handel's Xerxes, the...