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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 live
in ponce, mayagüez and carolina

tengo las venas aculturadas
escribo en spanglish
abraham in español

--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, Spanis

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      Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/04/2005
      ISBN13: 9780805076165, 978-0805076165
      ISBN10: 0805076166

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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 live
      in ponce, mayagüez and carolina

      tengo las venas aculturadas
      escribo en spanglish
      abraham in español

      --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, Spanis

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