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GrowingupLatinoinAmericameansspeakingtwolanguages,living twolives,learningtherulesoftwocultures.CoolSalsacelebratesthe tones,rhythms,sounds,andexperiencesofthatdoublelife.Hereare poemsaboutfamiliesandparties,insultsandsadmemories,hotdogs andmangos,thesweetsyllablesofSpanishandthesnag-toothedtraps ofEnglish.Hereistheglory―andpain―ofbeingLatinoAmerican. LatinoAmericanshailfromCubaandCalifornia,Mexicoand Michigan,NicaraguaandNewYork,andeditorLoriM.Carlsonhas madesuretocaptureallofthoseaccents.WithpoetssuchasSandra Cisneros,MartínEspada,GarySoto,andEdVega,andaverypersonal introductionbyOscarHijuelos,thiscollectionencompassesthevoices

ofLatinoAmerica.Byselectingpoemsabouttheexperiencesof teenagers,Carlsonhasgivenafocustothatrichdiversity;bypresenting thepoemsbothintheiroriginallanguageandintranslation,shehas madethemavailabletousall.Asyoumovefrommemoriesofred wagonstodreamsoforangetreestofightswithstreetgangs,youfeel CoolSalsa'smusicalandemotionalcrossrhythms.Hereisaworldof excitingpoetryforyou,ytútambién.Readmore

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