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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...

The vision begins with a river. From this river, you can see a village, marine life, and ancestral rituals. It is here that you recognize origins, and a poison beginning to spread through paradise. Suddenly, a premonition: a wounded animal. The certainty of war cries. What you take with you is what you become, each movement a gamble, a lottery of life that transforms you until this moment, when uncertainty becomes an ally. Lotería: Nocturnal Sweepstakes is a collection of deeply evocative coming-of-age poems that take the reader on a voyage through the intimate experiences of displacement....

Los poemas surgen, no piden permiso al poeta; son un manantial agotable, sin posibilidad de domeñarlo. Brotan de ese continuo divagar de nuestro cerebro que nos hace vagabundos mentales y múltiples fingidores (recordando a Pessoa).

Desde época helenística y durante toda la Antigüedad, el epigrama fue muy cultivado como género poético refinado y erudito. Pronto se hicieron antologías y recopilaciones de los poetas que lo utilizaron. Dos de las más importantes, la Guirnalda de Me