Burnt Sugar Cana Quemada Contemporary Cuban Poetry in English and Spanish

Name: Burnt Sugar Cana Quemada Contemporary Cuban Poetry in English and Spanish
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ISBN: 9780743276627

ISBN-10: 0743276620

ISBN-13: 9780743276627

Edition: 2006

Authors: Lori Marie Carlson, Oscar Hijuelos, Oscar Hijuelos

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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. …

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List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 8/7/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English



Editors' Note


Introduction


The Rain



La lluvia



Rain



Lluvia



1898 Vistas



Vistas del 1898



Autumn Presents Me with a Leaf



El otono me regala una hoja



I Have Always Lived in Cuba



Siempre he vivido en Cuba



A Poem for the Epiphany



Poema de la epifania



I've Never Seen It Snow



Yo nunca he visto nevar



From Head to Toe (allegro giocoso)



Desde tus ojos a tus piernas (allegro giocoso)



Feet



Los pies



Loving You Is a Way of Being



Amarte es un modo de ser



Memories



Recuerdos



Weariness



Cansancio



To Jose Marti



A Jose Marti



Obatala



Obatala



Song to the Sugarcane



Cancion a la cana verde



Sugarcane



Your Darkness, Your Salt



Tu oscuridad, tu sal



Sleep Apnea



Apnea



Secretos



Hopeless



Irremediable



Returning



Regresando



We Are the Heirs



Somos los herederos



The Photogenic Ones



Los fotogenicos



For the Cuban Dead



Para los muertos cubanos



Destinies



Destinos



I Was Created in Silence



Yo fui engendrado en silencio



Man Conceived



Concebido el hombre



The Island



La Isla



Words Are Islands



Las palabras son islas



If You Press Me



Si me precisas



To the Rumba Players of Belen, Cuba ... An Interpretation of a Song ...



Elegia de Maria Belen Chacon



Going Bananas



Going Bananas



The Gardener


La jardinera


Years of Discourse



Los anos de conversacion



With Bare Hands



Con las manos desnudas



Bebita I



Bebita I



Acknowledgments


Contributors


Editors