Cool salsa : bilingual poems on growing up Latino in the United States / edited by Lori M. Carlson ; introduction by Oscar Hijuelos.

Book

First Square Fish edition.

New York : Square Fish, 2013.

©1994

©1994

xx, 123 pages ; 21 cm

Poems celebrating Hispanic culture are the focus of this collection. Liberal sprinkling of Spanish words and phrases with some poems translated from one language to another make this an ideal anthology for both the English class and the bilingual ESL classroom. Topics for poems extend from hot dogs to learning English to the revolution in Nicaragua. What all of the selections have in common is the adolescent experience at the core of the poem.

Text in Spanish and English.

Children's poetry, American -- Translations into Spanish.

American poetry -- Hispanic American authors -- Translations into Spanish.

Hispanic American poetry (Spanish) -- Translations into English.

Children's poetry, Hispanic American (Spanish)

Children's poetry, American.

American poetry -- Hispanic American authors.

Hispanic American children -- Juvenile poetry.

Hispanic Americans -- Juvenile poetry.

Bilingual books.

Carlson, Lori M., editor.

Hijuelos, Oscar, editor of compilation.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-123).

Editor's note / Lori M. Carlson -- Introduction / Oscar Hijuelos -- School days. English con salsa / Gina Valdes -- Translating grandfather's house ; Traduciendo la casa de mi abuelo / E.J. Vega ; translated from the English by Johanna Vega -- Good hot dogs ; Buenos hot dogs / Sandra Cisneros ; translated from the English by the poet -- A Puerto Rican girl's sentimental education ; La educacion sentimental de una nina puertorriquena / translated from the English by the poet / Johanna Vega -- Learning English ; Aprender el ingles / Luis Alberto Ambroggio ; translated from the Spanish by Lori M. Carlson -- Home and homeland. Where you from? / Gina Valdes -- Pig roast ; Asado de puerco / Sandra M. Castillo ; translated from the English by Eugenio Alberto Cano Correa -- Take me down to the Mexican moon ; Llevame a lo profundo de la luna mexicana / Christina Moreno ; translated from the English by Alexandra López -- Dia de los muertos / Albelardo B. Delgado -- Domingo means scrubbing ; El domingo es día de fregar / Alicia Gaspar de Alba ; translated from the English by the poet -- The changeling ; Transformacion / Judith Ortiz Cofer ; translated from the English by Johanna Vega -- My memories of the Nicaraguan Revolution ; Mis recuerdos de la revolucion nicaraguense / Eugenio Alberto Cano Correa ; translated from the English by Alexandra López -- Memories. There's an orange tree out there ; Hay un naranjo ahí / Alfonso Quijada Urias ; translated from the Spanish by Darwin J. Flakoll -- Memories of Uncle Pety ; Recuerdos de tio Pety / Claudia Quiroz ; translated from the English by María Rosa Fort -- The secret ; El secreto / Pablo Medina ; translated from the English by Lyda Aponte de Zacklin -- Abuelito who ; Abuelito que / Sandra Cisneros ; translated from the English by Lyda Aponte de Zacklin -- An unexpected conversion ; Una conversion inesperada / Carolina Hospital ; translated from the English by Alexandra López -- Hard times. The monster ; El monstruo / Luis J. Rodriguez ; translated from the English by Lori M. Carlson -- Bato loco! / Ramon del Castillo -- "Race" politics ; Politica "racial" / Luis J. Rodriguez ; translated from the English by Lori M. Carlson.

Niggerlips ; Negro bembon / Martin Espada ; Camilo Perez-Bustillo with Martin Espada -- Excerpts from "Smokey": La novia ; Smokey / Ricardo Means Ybarra ; Eugenio Alberto Cano Correa -- Time to party. Nothing but drums ; Solo oye tambores / Oscar Hujuelos ; Alejandro Garcia Reyes -- Mango juice ; Jugo de mango / Pat Mora ; Maria Rosa Fort -- Nothing more ; Nada mas / Alfredo Chacon ; Lori M. Carlson -- Brown girl, blonde okie ; Chica morena, campesina rubia / Gary Soto ; Luis Alberto Ambroggio -- Why do men wear earrings on one ear? / Trinidad Sanchez, Jr. -- For Ray ; Para Ray / Ana Castillo ; Maria Rosa Fort -- Aquatic show ; Espectaculo acuatico / Daniel Jacome Roca ; Lori M. Carlson -- A promising future. Why am I so brown? / Trinidad Sanchez, Jr. -- Solidarity ; Solidaridad / Amado Nervo ; Lori M. Carlson -- We would like you to know ; Nos gustaria que sepan / Ana Castillo ; Johanna Vega -- Return ; Volver / Berta G. Montalvo ; Lori M. Carlson -- Love poem for my people ; Poema de amor para mi gente / Pedro Pietri ; Alexandra Lopez -- The calling ; El llamado / Luis Rodreiguez

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