The Mountain in the Sea

by Cruz, Victor Hernandez

• ISBN13: 9781566891912
• ISBN10: 1566891914
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-17
• Publisher: Coffee House Pr

Summary

Renowned for his pioneering mixture of both Spanish and English in poetry and prose, Victor Hernandez Cruz has now incorporated Arabic language and North African culture into his unique poetic idiom. As Cruz builds poetic bridges between Arab-influenced Spain, Spanish-influenced North Africa, African--influenced Puerto Rico, and an electrified Latino New York, he uncovers the confluence between their various geographies, histories, languages, and mythologies.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(2)
The Crust of the Island	3	(6)
Other Shores
Asilah	9	(4)
Fez	13	(4)
Al-Maghrib	17	(1)
The Medina Poems	17	(16)
Portraits
Rafael Hernández	33	(3)
Felipe Rodriguez	36	(3)
Sylvia Rexach I	39	(2)
Sylvia Rexach II	41	(2)
Trio Los Condes	43	(3)
Miró	46	(3)
Eisenhower	49	(3)
Vigo Martin	52	(3)
The Harptones	55	(3)
Noro Morales	58	(3)
Pedro Salinas	61	(4)
La Virgen de la Monserrate	65	(3)
Cabeza de Vaca	68	(3)
Ricardo Ray y Bobby Cruz	71	(3)
Jorge Luis Borges	74	(3)
La Virgen de Guadalupe	77	(2)
Don Quijote	79	(5)
Ibn Rushd—Averroës	84	(3)
Mongo Santamaria	87	(4)
Island Waves
Island Waves	91	(3)
Tricofero (Hair of My Father)	94	(8)
The Town in the Mountain	102	(2)
Blue Boat	104	(2)
Haikus	106	(2)
Hands	108	(5)
Still Life	113	(3)
The Six Poured	116	(2)
Traveling Signals	118	(4)
There Is Nothing but This	122	(2)
Old Movies	124