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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...

Se recogen las decimas y poemas publicados en todos sus libros, junto a una seleccion de decimas aparecidas en prensa y otras ineditas que se muestran por primera vez. Es la recopilacion mas completa jamas realizada: abarca desde 1949 hasta 1989.

In 1996 I celebrated a year of sobriety and began a journey of rebirth. That year I developed confidence in myself that previously I never experienced. I took my personal collection of notes, diaries, and tapes from my year in Vietnam and begin to organize them into a book. In 1997 I completed the manuscript and titled it One Heart One Mind: one man's memoir of a tour of Vietnam. The book not only dealt with my year in Vietnam but with the emotional cost of the war on my soul and psyche. With assistance from Jonathan Shay M.D., Ph.D., the author of Achilles in Vietnam (a book about combat...

Es una seleccion de versos, poemas y otros maravillosos intentos de escritura de diferentes etapas, descubrimientos, momentos y vivencias de mi vida. Una pequena muestra que quiere palpitar en el corazon de aquellos que se acercan a conocerlos. Cada uno de estos pequenos poemas tiene su ritmo y momento de inspiracion, es unico y en un contexto maravilloso. Bienvenidos a un paseo con la alegria, la ternura y la incansable emocion del amor que nos circunda e inspira.