Sombra en plata = Shadow in silver / Olivia Maciel ; translated by Kelly Austin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maciel, Olivia, 1957-

Contributor:

Austin, Kelly.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Maciel, Olivia, 1957---Translations into English.

Maciel, Olivia.

Maciel, Olivia, 1957-.

Physical Description:

ix, 145 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Bilingual edition, first edición.

Other Title:

Shadow in silver

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Swan Isle Press, 2005.

Language Note:

Text in English and Spanish.

Summary:

In her fourth book of poems, Mexican-born Olivia Maciel lyrically evokes another America. She writes with the critical and contemplative eye of a poet, revealing mystery and beauty in places dark and light, near and far. The richly allusive language of "Sombra en plata / Shadow in Silver" is a terrain at times steep, fevered, and sensual: a harmony of words scented of earth and sky. Her poems are catalysts for transformation, challenging the reader with a vision of a world where myth and the quotidian are intimately intertwined. Exploring complex and unpredictable landscapes, Maciel is both a guide and fellow traveler on a fascinating journey through memories and emotions. Maciel eloquently draws from both collective and personal histories, and this new bilingual compilation will be a pleasure to turn to again and again.

Contents:

Mystery of Seasons 3

Let Me Go 5

Firefly 7

Presence 9

Black Flower Flour 11

First It Was Pale Blue 15

You Come Dressed in Blue Maite 17

In Wind and Pearls 19

Oranges and Latin 21

Sacrifice in the Orthodoxy of Religions 23

What is Liberty? 25

Seashell 27

Laurel Leaf 33

Weary Voice 37

In His Heart's River... 45

Radiguet 47

Ars Combinatoria 49

Cliff 51

In Cempoala 53

The Plow's Plowshare 55

Euterpe 57

Acacia Blessings 59

The Psalmist 67

The Staircase, the Arch 69

Circumflex Accent 71

Oasis 73

Words, Earrings 75

Argyle Street 77

Imagined City 79

White Dove 81

Air Kiss 83

Night Moths, Vapor 85

Motif 89

Bled Dry and Noble 91

Honey-sweet Dizziness 93

In the Hour of Dreaming 95

Souvenir 97

Contexts and Canons 99

Jubilosa Errancia 101

Dear Fabio 103

Dear Lisi 107

Uninhabited Butterfly 111

Filiform Ogive, Water Stars 117

Arm of Fire 119

Purple Honeycomb 121

Artificial Sunflower 123

Earlobe 125

Vision, Mushrooms from Escobetilla 127

Three in the Morning 129

Three Women 131

Two Elderly Brothers 133

I Look for Flowers, Lots of Flowers 135

Dream Compass on Vigil 137

With Pursed Lips 139

Vera 141

Invocations 145.

ISBN:

0974888117

OCLC:

61261351