Red Hot Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States

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, mayag?ez and carolina

tengo las venas aculturadas
escribo en spanglish
abraham in espa?ol

–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.

Author: Lori Marie Carlson, Oscar Hijuelos
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 04/01/2005
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.56h x 5.78w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780805076165
Language: Spanish