Puerto Rico - Softcover

Ventura, Alejandro

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1936767155 ISBN 13: 9781936767151

Publisher: Brooklyn Arts Press, 2012

Synopsis

“Alejandro Ventura’s poems are full of intriguing combinations and surprising turns: a world of mangú-making, the paintings of Barnett Newman, baseball, Keats, the smell of grandmothers in an open pharmacy. A magician’s hat of endless possibilities. The poems display a poet of capacious imagination, poised and skilled in his use of language, with an inviting playfulness, and an earned tenderness that touches the heart. It’s magical realism meets Ashbery, but the result is his very own original voice. Alejandro Ventura takes us to an island that becomes our own as we read the poems in Puerto Rico.” – Julia Alvarez, author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

About this title

About the Author

Alejandro Ventura was born in Arecibo to Dominican parents. He was raised by his mom, Nora, his Puerto Rican stepdad, Samuel, and his two older brothers, Jaime and Eduardo, in the suburbs of New Jersey. He grew up reading comics and playing video games, dreaming of girls and a world commensurate with the promises of literature. Alejandro is currently participating in DIY revitalizing efforts in the DC and Baltimore literary and art scenes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brooklyn Arts Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1936767155
• ISBN 13: 9781936767151
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 56