The Blood That Keeps Singing/la Sangre Que Sigue Canta |
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| Author:
| Vélez, Clemente Soto |
| Translator:
| Espada, Martín
Pérez-Bustillo, Camilo |
| ISBN: | 978-0-915306-78-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1995 |
| Publisher: | Curbstone Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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This is the first collection in English translation of poems by the 86-year old dean of Puerto Rican poets, Clemente Soto Vélez. These are poems that explore such topics as liberation, solitude, and the 'promised land'-- Soto Velez approaches these themes with a firm and precise hand-- his explorations are at once intensely personal and universally applicable. In this bilingual book which offers a selection of his poetry drawn from Soto Velez's published works...
More DescriptionThis is the first collection in English translation of poems by the 86-year old dean of Puerto Rican poets, Clemente Soto Vélez. These are poems that explore such topics as liberation, solitude, and the 'promised land'-- Soto Velez approaches these themes with a firm and precise hand-- his explorations are at once intensely personal and universally applicable. In this bilingual book which offers a selection of his poetry drawn from Soto Velez's published works dating back to 1937, we are given the scope of the poet's life, his struggles and accomplishments.