Boricua Passport
Author | : J.L. Torres |
Publisher | : 2Leaf Press |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 2015-07-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781940939209 |
ISBN-13 | : 1940939208 |
Rating | : 4/5 (208 Downloads) |
Download or read book Boricua Passport written by J.L. Torres and published by 2Leaf Press. This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BORICUA PASSPORT evokes the complex in-betweeness that represents the contemporary Puerto Rican condition as filtered through the prism of poet J.L. Torres’ life experience. For many Puerto Ricans the sense of being unhomed—having a homeland but not really feeling at home anywhere—is a real lived experience determined by a persisting and unsettled colonial condition. In BORICUA PASSPORT, Torres, screams, shouts, rejoices, celebrates, tickles and challenges with a poetry sprinkled with Spanish/Spanglish that is immediate and urgent. His is a testimony to the indefatigable Puerto Rican spirit which, although burdened by this colonial condition, still strives to cobble a hybrid world full of love, passion and hope. BORICUA PASSPORT will transport any reader into this limbo world with all its fascinating incongruities and descriptive vistas. It’s your passport into a world simultaneously real and imaginary, one most people don’t even know exists. A must read!