“victor hernandez cruz”

Seeds of imagination turn into magical rhythms in this collection spanning thirty-five years. Born in Puerto Rico in 1949, Victor Hernandez Cruz moved to New York at the age of six, but he has retained the memories of hearing the men in his family read novels and poems aloud as they rolled cigars in... More

Renowned for his pioneering mixture of both Spanish and English in poetry and prose, Victor Hernandez Cruz has now incorporated Arabic language and North African culture into his unique poetic idiom. As Cruz builds poetic bridges between Arab-influenced Spain, Spanish-influenced North Africa, Africa... More

A native of Puerto Rico who grew up in New York, Cruz seeks out the most disparate of images, ideas, people, and finds in them confluence, not conflict. Inspired by Latin American oral traditions and literature and diverse northern poetics, he melts these influences into a tapestry, creating a uniqu... More

The first and still the most complete anthology of the best U. S. Latino and Latina poets from diverse origins in the Latin world: Cuba, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. "Readers should be prepared for weeping, laughing, and awe" (Harvard Review). Alvare... More

Dos diccionarios en uno. El primero de frutas, verduras y plantas medicinales que ayudan a curar enfermedades y el otro de enfermedades y sus elementos curativos. No es recetario ni sustituyente del doctor o especialista, sino una guia del conocimiento de la naturaleza, para ayudar al organismo a cu... More