{"product_id":"beneath-the-spanish-paperback","title":"Beneath the Spanish - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictor Hernandez Cruz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePuerto Rico, California, New York, Morocco--these are songs of a poet's genesis, and the places that formed him.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeneath the Spanish\u003c\/i\u003e is history, the clash and melt of cultures, the conquest of the New World, colonialism, bilingualism, fragmentation, and cubism. Poems built of tobacco, sugar, café; Spanish, Arabic, English; José Martí, Federico García Lorca, and William Carlos Williams. A history and exploration of Hernández Cruz's Caribbean roots as well as a documentation of and counterpoint to the origin of the European cultural intrusion into the New World, \u003ci\u003eBeneath the Spanish\u003c\/i\u003e deconstructs and reconstructs a wounded history, offering a prayer for communication between distances, oceans, music, dance, and mountains, revealing the past in the present moment we live.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictor Hernández Cruz is the author of several collections of poetry including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Mountain in the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of Al-Andalus\u003c\/i\u003e. Featured in Bill Moyers's \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Life\u003c\/i\u003e series, Cruz's collection \u003ci\u003eMaraca\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Lenore Marshall and Griffin Poetry Prizes. He divides his time between Morocco and his native Puerto Rico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50331607695597,"sku":"9781566894890","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/hz3ZFOuleh9781566894890.webp?v=1784959625","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/beneath-the-spanish-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}