{"product_id":"cool-salsa-9781250016782","title":"Cool Salsa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGrowing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures. \u003ci\u003eCool Salsa\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the tones, rhythms, sounds, and experiences of that double life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are poems about families and parties, insults and sad memories, hot dogs and mangos, the sweet syllables of Spanish and the snag-toothed traps of English. Here is the gloryand painof being Latino American.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLatino Americans hail from Cuba and California, Mexico and Michigan, Nicaragua and New York, and editor Lori M. Carlson has made sure to capture all of those accents. With poets such as Sandra Cisneros, Martín Espada, Gary Soto, and Ed Vega, and a very personal introduction by Oscar Hijuelos, this collection encompasses the voices of Latino America. By selecting poems about the experiences of teenagers, Carlson has given a focus to that rich diversity; by presenting the poems both in their original language and in translation, she has made them availab\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528878825815,"sku":"9781250016782","price":9.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250016782.jpg?v=1731873385","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cool-salsa-9781250016782","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}