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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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

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

Carlson, Lori Marie
Hijuelos, Oscar

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Poetry AnthologiesGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 0743276620
ISBN13: 9780743276627
Publisher: Free Press
Published: Aug 7 2006
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.74 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
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.

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