Red Hot Salsa is an extraordinary collection of bilingual poems from the bestselling editor of Cool Salsa
i think in spanish
i write in english
but i wonder if my kink could live
in ponce, mayagez and carolina tengo las venas aculturadas
escribo en spanglish
abraham in espaol --from My Graduation Speech, by Tato Laviera Ten years after the publication of the acclaimed Cool Salsa, editor Lori Marie Carlson has brought together a stunning variety of Latino poets for a long-awaited follow-up. Established and familiar names are joined by many new young voices, and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Oscar Hijuelos has written the Introduction. The poets collected here illuminate the difficulty of straddling cultures, languages, and identities. They celebrate food, family, love, and triumph. In English, Spanish, and poetic jumbles of both, they tell us who they are, where they are, and what their hopes are for the future.