Red Hot Salsa is an extraordinary collection of bilingual poems from the bestselling editor of Cool Salsa
i think in spanish
i write in english
i want to go back to puerto rico, but i wonder if my kink could livein ponce, mayagz and carolina tengo las venas aculturadasescribo en spanglishabraham in espa隳l --from "My Graduation Speech," by Tato Laviera Ten years after the publication of the acclaimed
Cool Salsa, editor Lori Marie Carlson has brought together a stunning variety of Latino poets for a long-awaited follow-up. Established and familiar names are joined by many new young voices, and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Oscar Hijuelos has written the Introduction.
The poets collected here illuminate the difficulty of straddling cultures, languages, and identities. They celebrate food, family, love, and triumph. In English, Spanish, and poetic jumbles of both, they tell us who they are, where they are, and what their hopes are for the future.
