Glow of Our Sweat
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (964 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0979129133 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 72 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
More than a collection of poems, Glow of Our Sweat is a community of poems, one where multiple voices and genres mingle, converse, and commiserate.. With poems, translations, and an essay, Francisco Aragón enacts a dialogue between poetry and prose, memory and imagination, self and other, as he deftly begins to un- cover a road where a gay, Latino, and cosmopolitan poet fully inhabits the world
Words in Space; Space in Words Etruscan While any poetry worthy of the name must inevitably reflect the personal (whether experiential or aspirational), Aragón's work seems immediate, drawing fresh animation from the objectives of time and place as refracted through the subjective prism of his connections to others, living and dead. The many telling details and turns of phrase root his work in an unsentimentally remembered world, dense by turns with lovers, mentors and literary ancestors. This he has observed richly, but has rendered with an economy that I find very potent (as in "the moon / a . Hastings Wyman said Sensitive and insightful. Francisco Aragon, a bilingual poet, essayist and editor of considerable talent and achievement, has exhibited a rare combination of insight and beautiful language in this fine book that explores one man's awareness of love and sensuality. I recommend it highly!Hastings Wyman
. His poems and translations (from the Spanish) have appeared in various print and web publications, including, Chain, Crab Orchard Review, Chelsea, The Journal, the online venues, Jacket, Electronic Poetry Review, and Poetry Daily. Norton), American Diaspora: Poetry of Displacement (University of Iowa Press), Evensong: Contemporary American Poets on Spirituality (Bottom Dog Press), Deep Travel: Contemporary American Poets Abroad (Ninebark Press) and, most recently, Mariposa: A Modern Anthology of Queer Latino Poetry (Floricanto Press). His work has appeared in a range of anthologies, including Inventions of Farewell: A Book of Elegies (W.W. He is a member of the Macondo Writing Workshop in San Antonio and on the board of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP). About the Author A native of San Francisco and a former long-term resident of Spain, Francisco Aragón is the author of Puerta
A native of San Francisco and a former long-term resident of Spain, Francisco Aragón is the author of Puerta del Sol (Bilingual Press) and editor of the award-winning, The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry (University of Arizona Press). His poems and translations (from the Spanish) have appeared in various print and web publications, including, Chain, Crab Orchard Review, Chelsea, The Journal, the online venues, Jacket, Electroni