No Shelter: The Selected Poems of Pura Lopez-Colome

Born in Mexico City in 1952, Pura Lopez-Colom has translated such writers as Seamus Heaney, Virginia Woolf and Samuel Beckett, and has been translated into English by poet Forrest Gander (Torn Awake). The Selected Poems of Pura Lopez-Colom features recent work in a variety of forms, from prose poetry to more abstract lyrics that center on love, religion, memory and their subversion. The English versions of these seven longish poems are followed by the Spanish. One section of ""Aurora"" ends: ""My hand melts there, where nothing is missing. Your skin has been cauterized sweetly. And you're still alive."" (Apr.)