{"product_id":"before-saying-any-of-the-great-words-selected-poems-paperback","title":"Before Saying Any of the Great Words: Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Huerta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMark Schafer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchafer makes Huerta, who might be seen as 'difficult, ' accesible to readers without sacrificing any of the startling images, leaps of meaning, and emotional resonance the poet uses to great effect....Copper Canyon Press continues its highly regarded and important task of providing English-language readers with the best of poetry from Mexico, as well as many other parts of the world....Those who are interested in the poetry of our close neighbor to the south, or simply good poetry, will find David Huerta's latest collection a remarkable and satisfying read.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eForeWord\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the first time, American readers will discover that Mexican poetry has continued in the tradition of greats like Octavio Paz and Jose Emilio Pacheco, but also that writers like Huerta have transported Mexico's poetic legacy onto a whole new plane of the imagination.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Huerta is one of the leading contemporary poets in Mexico, and \u003ci\u003eBefore Saying Any of the Great Words \u003c\/i\u003eis the first comprehensive bilingual anthology of his work. This volume highlights poems from nineteen books and includes the first-ever English translation of Huerta's monumental book-length poem \"Incurable,\" which one critic called \"a masterpiece of poetry in Spanish in the twentieth century.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuerta has been a central figure in two of the most influential poetic movements in late-twentieth-century Latin America--the neobaroque movement and that of \"postmodern\" language poetry. Huerta's imagery, intertextuality, and dense lyricism remain unparalleled in Mexican letters. In addition, Huerta's poetry frequently questions the capacity of language to express human experience, even while his passionate use of language consistently disproves this doubt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI appear in the saliva of the angel, facing my illusory sheets of paper--flapping loose in the whiteness of dawn\u003cbr\u003eand about to immerse themselves in the inky second hand, written or wroten, adorned with drunken deletions, \u003cbr\u003elike a groomed lawn in the mountain of my body, like the lukewarm drug of the Unicorn who opens its eyes amid the residues, amid the interstices, amid what is happening.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Huerta \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of nineteen books of poetry and is widely regarded as Mexico's finest living poet. He has long been a voice of political activism and is currently a political columnist for the Mexican weekly \u003ci\u003eProceso\u003c\/i\u003e; he is also a professor of literature at Mexico City's Universidad Nacional Aut noma de M xico.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Huerta is widely regarded as Mexico's finest living poet. He is the author of 25 books of poems, a political columnist for Proceso, and a professor of literature at UNAM. In 2006 he was awarded the prestigious Xavier Villarrutia Prize for lifelong contributions to Mexican literature. Schafer is the translator of numerous books of poetry and fiction from Latin America, including the prose of Eduardo Galeano, Alberto Ruy Sanchez, and Jesus Gardea and the poetry of Gloria Gervitz, Alberto Blanco, and many others. He lives in Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 261\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771611644192,"sku":"9781556592874","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/af431480781858f9d97fdfe6a6f56701.webp?v=1780389516","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/before-saying-any-of-the-great-words-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}