Cuerpos alternos

«Turbia sangre es realmente una creación muy lograda, que mantiene una misma estructura y contenido dentro de la diversidad de sus muy bellas imágenes. Encuentro interesante y audaz la trasposición de significados, apoyada por una ironía que ahonda la descarnada realidad, que sostiene el poema». Elvira Ordóñez, poeta peruana

BORICUA PASSPORT evokes the complex in-betweeness that represents the contemporary Puerto Rican condition as filtered through the prism of poet J.L. Torres’ life experience. For many Puerto Ricans the sense of being unhomed—having a homeland but not really feeling at home anywhere—is a real lived experience determined by a persisting and unsettled colonial condition. In BORICUA PASSPORT, Torres, screams, shouts, rejoices, celebrates, tickles and challenges with a poetry sprinkled with Spanish/Spanglish that is immediate and urgent. His is a testimony to the indefatigable Puerto Rican...

Gustavo Perez examines relationships, sex, and Cuban American life in this collection of accessible poems. He handles both Spanish and English with seamless assurance. Gustavo Perez Firmat was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Miami, Floria.

“Cansador intrabajable” -como se autodefine- de la palabra, Bertoni vuelve al rescate de lo efímero, lo nimio, y lo eleva a epifanía e iluminación: “Estaba en un paradero / Me bajé y estuve a su lado / Hastaque tomó su micro / A más / No puedo aspirar”.