English Poems by a Cuban
English Poems by a Cuban

Author: Alejandro Roque Glez

Publisher: Alejandro's Libros

Published: 2011-06

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 1463593503

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The author of these beautiful poems was born in Habana City, Cuba on April1964 and at present he resides in South Florida, United States. Among his writings are poems of different themes; other extensive works of prophetical and biblical character as the books '¡Tierra, tierra, tierra! Oye Palabra de Yahweh' and 'Revelation of Saint John. Interpretation of the Book'. Travel stories, theatrical plays, written political articles related with what is happening worldwide and in his native country, much of them written in Spanish language; in addition his very well-known autobiographical book `Born Motherland or Death' in both languages. It also compiles two books of Christian psalms and praises, and the literary work 'Adventures of Victorino Chang'.Here we bring you the books: `English poems by A Cuban' and 'BMD Poems of a Dreamer', both compiling all together thirty one thoughtful poems. The ones in the first book were originally and only written in English during the years 2006-2010; the second translated by the author, and where poetry and literature resound with beauty and strength.As a complementary data about the author's educational trajectory: he is a graduate from Nova Southeastern University (NSU) with a Master of Science (MS) in Spanish Language Education; graduated from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) with a Bachelor in Arts and Spanish Language, both in United States; and graduated as a jet military air-force-combat pilot and tactical command from Krasnodar High Military Aviation College of pilots A.K. Serov in the USSR.Poems:-Cross it.-Come...please...come!-I promise.-On you, oh God.-Grandma we are coming, stay with us.-Alexandra! -Dawn will top the crown.-Two years.-My Preferred One.-What we can.-In our world-The fear to be somewhere.-Yesterday was a first time ever.-A rose unique as light.-Virginia and Atlanta.-America wake up.-Love open its way.-Listen Adam.-The Lost Time.-Mother's Day.-Drums of Humanity.-Life is not a Dreamed Path.-Not fearing but Hoping.-Aviation, Shackles, and Fetters.-I want to Mean and Write.-Creator and Guide.-A Day will Come.-On Foot, Walking Up.-Guardian Wake me Up.-The Boy called Freedom.-Your Holy Name.

Burnt Sugar Cana Quemada
Burnt Sugar Cana Quemada

Author: Lori Marie Carlson

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2006-08-07

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 0743293479

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Here are the sights, sounds, and rhythms of Cuba, revealed in the evocative works of some of the finest Cuban and Cuban American poets of the twentieth century. In Burnt Sugar, bestselling translator Lori Marie Carlson and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos have created an intimate collection of some of their favorite modern poems, all of which are informed by cubanía -- the essence of what it means to be Cuban. "Cuban" in this sense refers neither to ideology nor to geography but rather to the distinguishing characteristics of Cuban poetry as it has developed over time: clever verbal play, overt rhythmic notes, and an intensity of longing, whether religious, political, or amorous. Many of these poems have never been translated into English before, and taken together they, as the editors say, "produce a vibrant, satisfying sound and vivid imagery. They allow for some understanding of modern-day preoccupations, contradictions, feelings, and attitudes considered to be Cuban." Stirring, immediate, and universal in its sensibility, Burnt Sugar is a luminous collection lovingly compiled by two of the world's foremost authorities on the subject.

The Whole Island
The Whole Island

Author: Mark Weiss

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2009-11-25

Total Pages: 621

ISBN-13: 0520258940

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Cuba's cultural influence throughout the Western Hemisphere, and especially in the United States, has been disproportionally large for so small a country. This landmark volume is the first comprehensive overview of poetry written over the past sixty years. Presented in a beautiful Spanish-English en face edition, The Whole Island makes available the astonishing achievement of a wide range of Cuban poets, including such well-known figures as Nicolás Guillén, José Lezama Lima, and Nancy Morejón, but also poets widely read in Spanish who remain almost unknown to the English-speaking world—among them Fina García Marruz, José Kozer, Raúl Hernández Novás, and Ángel Escobar—and poets born since the Revolution, like Rogelio Saunders, Omar Pérez, Alessandra Molina, and Javier Marimón. The translations, almost all of them new, convey the intensity and beauty of the accompanying Spanish originals. With their work deeply rooted in Cuban culture, many of these poets—both on and off the island—have been at the center of the political and social changes of this tempestuous period. The poems offered here constitute an essential source for understanding the literature and culture of Cuba, its diaspora, and the Caribbean at large, and provide an unparalleled perspective on what it means to be Cuban.

The Surrender Tree
The Surrender Tree

Author: Margarita Engle

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2008-04

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780805086744

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Cuba has fought three wars for independence, and still she is not free. This history in verse creates a lyrical portrait of Cuba.

Everything I Kept
Everything I Kept

Author: Ruth Behar

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780997228724

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Moving between the speech and silence of a woman struggling to speak freely, Ruth Behar embarks on a poetic voyage into her own vulnerability and the sacrifices of her exiled ancestors as she tries to understand love, loss, regret, and the things we keep and carry with us. Behar's vivid renderings of wilted gardens, crashing waves, and firefly-lit nights recall the imagery of her inspiration, Dulce María Loynaz, who is often known as the Cuban Emily Dickinson. Presented in a beautiful bilingual English-Spanish edition--Behar serves as her own translator--Everything I Kept/Todo lo que guardé will haunt readers with the cries and whispers which illuminate the human spirit and the spectrum of emotions that make for a life and lives well-remembered.

Poesías Escogidas
Poesías Escogidas

Author: Nicolás Guillén

Publisher: Peepal Tree Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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In calling this collection Yoruba from Cuba, a phrase from the poem 'Son Número 6', the translator, Salvador Ortiz-Carboneres, draws attention to Guillén's pioneering embrace, more than sixty years ago, of an African identity in Cuba. His selection shows Guillén constantly returning to the theme of race and the historical legacies of slavery in both the Caribbean and the USA. But in poems such as 'Balada de los Dos Abuelos', Guillén is also seen stressing the mulatez heterogeneity of Cuban culture in drawing on African, European and other immigrant traditions. As a life-long Marxist and anti-imperialist, Guillén celebrated the Cuban revolution, including the heroic example of Che Guevara, but he also addressed the tendency to a repressive puritanism within the ruling party in such important poems as 'Digo que yo no soy un hombre puro'. In this dual language selection of one of the outstanding poets of the Hispanic world, Salvador Ortiz-Carboneres has created lively, very readable English versions that capture both the colloquial vigour of Guillén's language and the incantatory rhythms of those of the poems where he draws on the dance patterns of the Cuban 'son'. The selection covers the range of Guillén's work from Poemas de Transición (1927-1931) up to poems from La Rueda Dentada and El Diario que a Diario, both of 1972. With a translator's preface, an introduction by the distinguished scholar of Cuban culture, Professor Alistair Hennessy, notes, a chronology and a reading list, this is an edition that will bring Guillén's powerful and epochal poetry to both the general reader and to the student. His work is unquestionably one of the towering landmarks of Caribbean poetry. Salvador Ortiz-Carboneres teaches Spanish language and Latin American poetry at the Language Centre, University of Warwick.

Women Writing Resistance
Women Writing Resistance

Author: Jennifer Browdy

Publisher: Beacon Press

Published: 2017-10-10

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 080708820X

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Essays on Latinx and Caribbean identity and on globalization by renowned women writers, including Julia Alvarez, Edwidge Danticat, and Jamaica Kincaid Women Writing Resistance: Essays on Latin America and the Caribbean gathers the voices of sixteen acclaimed writer-activists for a one-of-a-kind collection. Through poetry and essays, writers from the Anglophone, Hispanic, and Francophone Caribbean, including Puertorriqueñas and Cubanas, grapple with their hybrid American political identities. Gloria Anzaldúa, the founder of Chicana queer theory; Rigoberta Menchú, the first Indigenous person to win a Nobel Peace Prize; and Michelle Cliff, a searing and poignant chronicler of colonialism and racism, among many others, highlight how women can collaborate across class, race, and nationality to lead a new wave of resistance against neoliberalism, patriarchy, state terrorism, and white supremacy.

City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology
City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology

Author: Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Publisher: City Lights Books

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 0872866793

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A comprehensive selection from Ferlinghetti's famed City Lights Pocket Poets Series, published on the 60th anniversary of its founding.

The Life and Poems of a Cuban Slave
The Life and Poems of a Cuban Slave

Author: J. Manzano

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-12-17

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1137481382

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This is a revised second edition of Edward Mullen's landmark scholarly presentation of Juan Francisco Manazo's autobiography and poetry. Taking into account the extensive scholarship that has accrued in the intervening decades, this is an accessible, essential resource for scholars and students of Caribbean literatures.

The Poet Slave of Cuba
The Poet Slave of Cuba

Author: Margarita Engle

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

Published: 2015-01-13

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1466889632

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A lyrical biography of a Cuban slave who escaped to become a celebrated poet. Born into the household of a wealthy slave owner in Cuba in 1797, Juan Francisco Manzano spent his early years by the side of a woman who made him call her Mama, even though he had a mama of his own. Denied an education, young Juan still showed an exceptional talent for poetry. His verses reflect the beauty of his world, but they also expose its hideous cruelty. Powerful, haunting poems and breathtaking illustrations create a portrait of a life in which even the pain of slavery could not extinguish the capacity for hope. The Poet Slave of Cuba is the winner of the 2008 Pura Belpre Medal for Narrative and a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. Latino Interest.