Reflections through the Convex Mirror of Time / Reflexiones tras el Espejo Conve

Description: Reflections through the Convex Mirror of Time / Reflexiones tras el Espejo Convexo del Tiempo by E.A. Mares, Enrique R. Lamadrid, Susana Rivera, Fernando Martín Pescador In this poignant bilingual collection, preeminent New Mexican poet E.A. Tony Mares posthumously shares his passionate journey into the broken heart and glimmering shadows of the Spanish Civil War, whose shock waves still resonate with the political upheavals of our own times. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In this poignant bilingual collection, preeminent New Mexican poet E. A. "Tony" Mares posthumously shares his passionate journey into the broken heart and glimmering shadows of the Spanish Civil War, whose shock waves still resonate with the political upheavals of our own times. Mares engages in dialogue with heroes and demons, anarchists and cardinals, and beggars and poets. He takes us through the convex mirror of history to the blood-stained streets of Madrid, Guernica, and Barcelona. He interrogates the assassins of Federico García Lorca for their crimes against poetry and humanity. Throughout the collection the narrator is participant and commentator, and his language is both lyrical and direct. In addition to Maress parallel Spanish and English poems, the book includes a prologue by Enrique Lamadrid, an introduction by Fernando Martín Pescador, and an epilogue by Susana Rivera. Lovingly shepherded and completed by friends and family, this book will appeal to Mares enthusiasts and readers interested in poetry and history, who will be glad to have this unexpected gift from a masters voice. Author Biography E. A. "Tony" Mares (1938-2015) was a poet, playwright, essayist, fiction writer, and historian born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is the author of The Unicorn Poem and Flowers and Songs of Sorrow, With the Eyes of a Raptor, and Astonishing Light: Conversations I Never Had with Patrociño Barela (UNM Press). Table of Contents Prologue / Pr Review "Historical accounts through Maress poetic visions present the poet, intellectual, and resolanero through a critical public dialogue, in a manner that evokes the conversations he overheard his parents having about the Spanish Civil War in his childhood home near La Plaza Vieja, Albuquerques Old Town neighborhood. Mares draws the readers/eavesdroppers out of the corners and engages us to create our own musings and reminds us of the important role that poetry plays in keeping historical memory alive. The poems, illuminated by the twin flames of English and Spanish, present the same perspective but from a different angle. Or, as his camarada Tomás Atencio would say, Es el mismo guante, nomás que alrevez (It is the same glove, inside out)."--Levi Romero, Inaugural New Mexico State Poet Laureate and author of A Poetry of Remembrance: New and Rejected Works"In this tableau of poems, E. A. Tony Mares reconstructs the Spanish Civil War as the most iconic struggle of the twentieth century. Naming names, the poet tracks down and confronts the grand and petty players from all sides of that bloody conflict. From the refracted shards of language and the visceral, sensory details of the Spanish landscape, a towering vision emerges, leavened with the humility and humor that finally brings us home, to Tonys home, Albuquerques Old Town Plaza."--Michael A. Thomas, author of Hat Dance"In August 1974, with Franco still in power, I organized an exceptional poetry reading by Ángel González, myself, Tony Mares, and Enrique Lamadrid to the musical accompaniment of Xavier Ribalta, a Catalán guitarist and songwriter, to finalize a summer seminar in Spain. Ribalta was banned from performing in public, and the entire poetry reading was illegal at that time, but it was private with no publicity. Afterward, Tony continued his research and travels around Spain to observe a society in the last days of a fascist dictatorship. Tonys masterwork, this prodigious collection of poetry, in many ways began there."--Gary Brower, editor of Malpais Review and author of The Book of Knots"It is one thing to read great poetry. It is another thing altogether to read poetry by a great man: prophet, historian, mentor and friend, world traveler; a man born in a time of war who would, in his actions and writings, rage against war, dream against war. Tony Mares in all his fullness is here, in a book that must be read as the world seems again to crack open. We need Tonys voice and vision as never before. This book will be a classic, and blessed are those in whose hands this book falls."--Demetria Martinez, author of The Block Captains Daughter Review Quote "Historical accounts through Maress poetic visions present the poet, intellectual, and resolanero through a critical public dialogue, in a manner that evokes the conversations he overheard his parents having about the Spanish Civil War in his childhood home near La Plaza Vieja, Albuquerques Old Town neighborhood. Mares draws the readers/eavesdroppers out of the corners and engages us to create our own musings and reminds us of the important role that poetry plays in keeping historical memory alive. The poems, illuminated by the twin flames of English and Spanish, present the same perspective but from a different angle. Or, as his camarada Tom Details ISBN0826364306 Author Fernando Martín Pescador Short Title Reflections Through the Convex Mirror of Time / Reflexiones Tras el Espejo Convexo Del Tiempo Pages 176 Publisher University of New Mexico Press Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 0826364306 ISBN-13 9780826364302 Format Paperback Publication Date 2022-08-15 Imprint University of New Mexico Press Series Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series Place of Publication Albuquerque, NM Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2022-08-15 NZ Release Date 2022-08-15 US Release Date 2022-08-15 UK Release Date 2022-08-15 Subtitle Poems in Remembrance of the Spanish Civil War / Poemas en Recuerdo de la Guerra Civil Española DEWEY 811.6 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:136479124;

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