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<<< 1 2 3 >>>     sort list by author | publication date Hectic Ethics Francisco Hinojosa Unlike many Latin American writers whose work has been published in the United States, Francisco Hinojosa does not rely on magical realism, exotic recipes or cultural nostalgia. Rather, his stories convey a mercilessly sardonic view of family and... In the Cold of the Malecon and Other Stories Antonio José Ponte Departing from both the utopian-political and the romantic-baroque styles of past Cuban literature, Ponte deftly sketches a picture of a contemporary Cuba that is very different from the stereotype of Caribbean life, full of music and dance and... The Island of My Hunger Cuban Poetry Today Francisco Morán A dramatic selection of work by a new generation of Cuban poets to whom North American readers have as yet had little or no access. Loteria Cards and Fortune Poems A Book of Lives Juan Felipe Herrera, Artemio Rodriguez The gorgeous black and white line art inside this hefty little book instantly caught my eye. These linocut drawings were not the regular loteria images. They were modern adaptations, made with painstaking detail (think of a turn-of-the-millenium... Love Poems from Spain and Spanish America Perry Higman The nearly seventy poems in this bilingual anthology are concerned with many kinds of love: erotic love, sublime love, filial love, maternal love, and love between brother and sister. They also explore feelings of friendship, solidarity, and the... Mexico Unconquered Chronicles of Power and Revolt John Gibler A young journalist's chronicles of Mexican social movements and the powers attempting to repress them. Mogador The Names of the Air Alberto Ruy Sanchez Set in an imaginary walled city off the coast of Morocco, Mogador traces the days and nights of Fatma, a young woman who finds herself suddenly seized by desire. As she wanders the city's maze of erotic pleasures, she encounters other desiring bodies... The New World Border Prophecies, Poems, and Loqueras for the End of the Century Guillermo Gomez-Pena If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, then a book about performance art is surely like a sonata about sculpture. In the case of The New World Border, however, there is little lost in translation; the force and originality of... New World of Indigenous Resistance Noam Chomsky and Voices from North, South, and Central America Noam Chomsky, Lois Meyer, Benjamín Maldonado Interviews with Chomsky accompanied by commentaries by indigenous organizers on globalization and resistance in the Americas No Man's Land Selected Stories Eduardo Antonio Parra In the no-man's-land of Mexico's far north-harsh desert landscapes, bruising border towns, urban wastelands and fantastical rural villages-migrants, campesinos and travelers find themselves lost between reality and delirium, tragedy and... The Other Campaign Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, Greg Ruggiero The Zapatista Call for Change from Below The Other Campaign is a collection of texts – in English and Spanish – by Subcomandante Marcos and his Zapatista compañeros that articulate a vision for “change from below,” a call to create social change outside and beyond... Points of Departure New Stories from Mexico Gustavo Segade, Mónica Lavin These seventeen stories represent the best of the generation of Mexican writers born in the 50s and 60s. Magical realism and exoticism are nowhere to be found in this collection of sophisticated, very contemporary stories. Rather, the surreal... Riverbed of Memory Pocket Poets Number 49 Daisy Zamora These are poems written mostly in a time of war, and rooted in the land and people of Nicaragua. Zamora draws deep portraits of women of all classes, often using her own body as a metaphor and starting point. Recalling the years of revolution and... Save Twilight: selected poems Pocket Poets Number 53 Julio Cortazar Selected Poems The power of Eros, the enduring beauty of art, a love-hate nostalgia for his Argentine homeland, the bonds of friendship and the tragic folly of politics are some of the themes of Save Twilight. Informed by his immersion in world literature, music... <<< 1 2 3 >>>