Cool salsa : bilingual poems on growing up Latino in the United States

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Title:

Cool salsa : bilingual poems on growing up Latino in the United States

ISBN:

9781250016782

Edition:

First Square Fish edition.

Physical Description:

xx, 123 pages ; 21 cm

Contents:

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 / Excerpts from "Smokey": La novia ; Smokey / Time to party. Nothing but drums ; Solo oye tambores / Mango juice ; Jugo de mango / Nothing more ; Nada mas / Brown girl, blonde okie ; Chica morena, campesina rubia / Why do men wear earrings on one ear? / For Ray ; Para Ray / Aquatic show ; Espectaculo acuatico / A promising future. Why am I so brown? / Solidarity ; Solidaridad / We would like you to know ; Nos gustaria que sepan / Return ; Volver / Love poem for my people ; Poema de amor para mi gente / The calling ; El llamado

Subject Term:

Spanish language materials -- Bilingual.

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

Children's poetry, Hispanic American (Spanish)

American poetry -- Hispanic American authors.

Children's poetry, American.

Children's poetry.

Added Author:

Carlson, Lori M.

Summary:

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.

Language Note:

TEXT IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH.

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Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures. Cool Salsa celebrates the tones, rhythms, sounds, and experiences of that double life.

Here are poems about families and parties, insults and sad memories, hot dogs and mangos, the sweet syllables of Spanish and the snag-toothed traps of English. Here is the glory--and pain--of being Latino American.

Latino Americans hail from Cuba and California, Mexico and Michigan, Nicaragua and New York, and editor Lori M. Carlson has made sure to capture all of those accents. With poets such as Sandra Cisneros, Martín Espada, Gary Soto, and Ed Vega, and a very personal introduction by Oscar Hijuelos, this collection encompasses the voices of Latino America. By selecting poems about the experiences of teenagers, Carlson has given a focus to that rich diversity; by presenting the poems both in their original language and in translation, she has made them available to us all.

As you move from memories of red wagons to dreams of orange trees to fights with street gangs, you feel Cool Salsa 's musical and emotional cross rhythms. Here is a world of exciting poetry for you, y tú también.

Author Notes

Lori M. Carlson is an editor and translator who has concentrated on bringing Latino literature to American readers. As co-editor of Where Angels Glide at Dawn , she introduced new Latin American authors to younger readers. She is the founder of the bilingual children's magazine Azul . Most recently she edited American Eyes . Ms. Carlson lives in New York City.

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