As If the Empty Chair/Como si la silla vacia [electronic resource] : Poems for the Disappeared/Poemas para los desaparecidos

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Randall, Margaret.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Disappeared persons--Poetry.

Latin America--Poetry.

Disappeared persons.

Local Subjects:

Disappeared persons--Poetry.

Latin America--Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (84 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Wings Press, 2011.

Language Note:

Spanish

Summary:

These twelve exquisite poems depict, with razor-precise clarity, the realities of the ""disappeared"" in Latin America and the emotional devastation of the families left behind. As human beings, we can find the strength to bury our dead, grieve for them always, and yet somehow move on. Not so with our disappeared loved ones: every moment is filled with the horror of what they must be suffering in some secret torture cell. We never escape from their screams, and we never stop trying to find them. As Margaret Randall so vividly writes, ""We cannot move on, for where would they find us

Contents:

Cover; Note; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Author's Note; Nota de la autora; Between Painting and Photograph; Disappeared; Thicker than Water; As if the Empty Chair; Seasons; At Exactly the Right Time; Another Dimension; Her Consuelo; The Child Magdalena Planned on Calling Sarah; Safe in Grateful Arms; Do I Get Out of Bed This Morning?; Someone Lives; Acknowledgments; Notes on the contributors; Entre pintura y fotografía; Desaparecido; Más espesa que el agua; Como si la silla vacía; Estaciones; Justo a la hora precisa; Otra dimensión; Su Consuelo; La niña que Magdalena pensaba llamar Sara

A salvo en un abrazo agradecido¿Me levanto esta mañana?; Alguien vive; Agradecimientos; Notas de las colaboradoras

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-60940-161-1

OCLC:

781327831