Burnt Sugar / Cana Quemada. Contemporary Cuban Poetry in English and Spanish

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Edited by Lori Marie Carlson & Oscar Hijuelos.
Published by Free Press in 2006.

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.

Softcover. 5.5x8.5, 117 pages. Minor soil, light wear.

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