La conciencia que subyace

The Essence of a Young Poet is about a teenager (Juan Manuel) that started facing a lot of problems and heartaches as soon as he entered high school and encountered reality face to face. Throughout the book he goes through a lot of shifts of emotions as he encounters those problems. On his freshmen year he fell in love with a junior that played with his feelings and then broke his heart; as a result of that, he fell into a deep depression and started heading toward a dark path. Without the presence of his father, he had nobody to turn to that he could trust and express himself to, to help him ...

A narrative poem, in both English and Spanish, expressing the feelings while suffering from cancer as a guest at the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge in Tampa. It expresses the fear, anxiety, discomfort, sadness, happiness, hopes, and faith in God during the time of cancer treatment and afterward. The astonishment for the beauty, cleanliness, and comfort of the hope lodge, as well as deep appreciation and gratitude to the staff and volunteers that do almost the impossible to satisfy the sick. The ironic yearning of the place where the author passed his sick days and the desire to share...

Poeta de aire clásico entre sus contemporáneos, José Luis Rivas es dueño de una de las voces más significativas de la poesía mexicana reciente, referencia de punta en su generación y lazo de continuidad en la larga tradición de calidad en la escritura veracruzana, que ya sola alcanza la estatura de una literatura nacional. Ante un cálido norte compone el grueso de los trabajos poéticos -obras y traducciones- que Rivas emprendió en el tránsito entre nuestros dos siglos.

El libro inédito de Mario Benedetti (1920-2009). Benedetti seleccionó y preparó la edición de estos poemas a lo largo de sus últimos meses de vida. «Cuando la poesía abre sus puertas es como si cambiáramos de mundo.» Durante los dos últimos años de su vida, Mario Benedetti corrigió, reescribió y ordenó estos sesenta y dos poemas. Biografía para encontrarme nos invita a descubrir o reencontrarnos con la esencia literaria del escritor uruguayo, a través de su poesía más íntima y conmovedora. Sus versos conjuran el poder de un mar sobrecogedor, evocan la tímida luz de una...