Burnt Sugar Cana Quemada Contemporary Cuban

Lori Marie Carlsonis the author of two novels, two landmark bilingual poetry anthologies, and many other young adult and children's books.Oscar Hijuelosis a first-generation Cuban American and the first Latino to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. He has written six novels, the most recent of which isA Simple Habana Melody.They live in New York City.

Lori Marie Carlson is the author of two novels, two landmark bilingual poetry anthologies, and many other young adult and children's books. Oscar Hijuelos is a first-generation Cuban American and the first Latino to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. He has written six novels, the most recent of which is A Simple Habana Melody. They live in New York City.

Editors' Note	p. xv
Introduction	p. xix
The Rain	p. 1
La lluvia	p. 2
Rain	p. 3
Lluvia	p. 4
1898 Vistas	p. 5
Vistas del 1898	p. 7
Autumn Presents Me with a Leaf	p. 9
El otono me regala una hoja	p. 11
I Have Always Lived in Cuba	p. 13
Siempre he vivido en Cuba	p. 14
A Poem for the Epiphany	p. 15
Poema de la epifania	p. 17
I've Never Seen It Snow	p. 19
Yo nunca he visto nevar	p. 20
From Head to Toe (allegro giocoso)	p. 21
Desde tus ojos a tus piernas (allegro giocoso)	p. 23
Feet	p. 25
Los pies	p. 26
Loving You Is a Way of Being	p. 27
Amarte es un modo de ser	p. 28
Memories	p. 29
Recuerdos	p. 31
Weariness	p. 33
Cansancio	p. 35
To Jose Marti	p. 37
A Jose Marti	p. 38
Obatala	p. 39
Obatala	p. 40
Song to the Sugarcane	p. 41
Cancion a la cana verde	p. 42
Sugarcane	p. 43
Your Darkness, Your Salt	p. 45
Tu oscuridad, tu sal	p. 48
Sleep Apnea	p. 51
Apnea	p. 52
Secretos	p. 53
Hopeless	p. 56
Irremediable	p. 57
Returning	p. 58
Regresando	p. 60
We Are the Heirs	p. 62
Somos los herederos	p. 63
The Photogenic Ones	p. 64
Los fotogenicos	p. 65
For the Cuban Dead	p. 66
Para los muertos cubanos	p. 68
Destinies	p. 70
Destinos	p. 71
I Was Created in Silence	p. 72
Yo fui engendrado en silencio	p. 73
Man Conceived	p. 74
Concebido el hombre	p. 75
The Island	p. 76
La Isla	p. 78
Words Are Islands	p. 80
Las palabras son islas	p. 81
If You Press Me	p. 82
Si me precisas	p. 83
To the Rumba Players of Belen, Cuba ... An Interpretation of a Song ...	p. 84
Elegia de Maria Belen Chacon	p. 88
Going Bananas	p. 90
Going Bananas	p. 92
The Gardener	p. 94
La jardinera	p. 95
Years of Discourse	p. 96
Los anos de conversacion	p. 97
With Bare Hands	p. 98
Con las manos desnudas	p. 99
Bebita I	p. 100
Bebita I	p. 101
Acknowledgments	p. 103
Contributors	p. 105
Editors	p. 113
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Burnt Sugar Cana Quemada Contemporary Cuban Poetry in English and Spanish

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