cover image Mi Joven y Romantico Corazon

Mi Joven y Romantico Corazon

Susana Martin. Sigmar, $7.65 (72pp) ISBN 978-950-11-1509-3

YA-This collection of poems has a distinctly adolescent tone. Selections in many forms and styles speak of love, friendship, clueless parents, rebellion, identity, boy/ girl relations, and fear, displaying the entire spectrum of teenage angst. Occasional Argentine usages (e.g., Que vos me quer s?) will strike some readers as peculiar, but they are infrequent and do not present serious obstacles. Several poems have different first names attached to them, but it is impossible to tell whether these names imply authorship or simply form part of the poem. A worthwhile addition to bookstores and any high school collection or public library. M.O.B.