Los 64 Escaques del Tablero de la Vida

No hay nada convencional en la poesía de Giovanni Quessep. La finura de su oficio, que es un oficio cruel, si así pudiera llamársele al insistir en la herida de luz que nos deja el paso del tiempo, es de una extraordinaria complejidad, por su impiedad en ahondar en la aventura del alma, que es el mundo, su palabra, su morada: una urdimbre nocturna elaborada bajo el sol, una luminosa trama tejida con la materia misma de la noche, interior, porque todo ha sido alumbrado por el sol negro de la muerte, que alcanza a la belleza, a todo cuanto se ha amado, lo entrañable, lo que no debería...

I am delighted to see this second book in the Bridges Series come to print. I originally conceived of this series of books to be a bridge between two cultures, a bridge between colleagues, friends and fellow writers - two Cubans and two Canadians in each book. Ever since the inception of the CCLA in 2004 we have tried to live up to our mandate: The mandate of the Canada Cuba Literary Alliance is to advance cultural solidarity between Canada and Cuba through the creative expression of poetry, prose, art and photography. This book will evidence our ongoing success. For me personally this book...

Poetry. Asian American Studies. POETA EN SAN FRANCISCO is the winner of the highly prestigious James Laughlin Award for 2005, awarded annually from the Academy of American Poetry and the only prize for a second book of poetry in the United States. Although Reyes' first book was not as widely known as the first book of many of the other eligible poets, the judges nevertheless courageously chose this risky, radical, and deserving second book put out by an energetic but very small publisher. Reyes received her undergraduate education at UC Berkeley, where she also served as Editor-in-Chief of...

Poetry. Spanish Language. De John M. Bennett, dice César Espinosa, "Hiperprolífico. Irremediable 'hombre orquestra'; es decir, porque desde un principio destacó por su sapiencia y dominio del oficio." [Esc áner Cultural, ago. 2009] Con este tomo Bennett añade a su creciente obra en español con poemas y poemas visuales escritos en Guatemala y México. Es una poesía pasional, surrealista, íntima, social, y experimentalista en grado mayor.