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Title: The Selected Poems of Rosario Castellanos (Palbra Sur Book) by Rosario Castellanos, Cecilia Vicuna, Magda Bogin ISBN: 1555971121 Publisher: Graywolf Press Pub. Date: January, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.50

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Summary: A frequently dark collection of poems
Comment: "The Selected Poems of Rosario Castellanos" is a bilingual collection of the work of this important woman poet of Mexico. This is a bilingual edition, with Castellanos' Spanish originals and the English versions on facing pages. The poems have been translated by Magda Bogin, who co-edited the volume with Cecilia Vicuna.

Castellanos' work has a somber, introspective quality. Many of her poems are about death, pain, or sadness. Many of her lines demonstrate a rather dark world view. Example: "We give life only to what we hate" (from "Destiny"). Her language is at times romantic and sensuous, at times cynical: "Don't trust a man in love: he's hungry, / all he wants is to devour" (from "Celestina's Advice"). She sometimes uses memorable imagery: "On the lips of the wind I shall be called / a tree of many birds" ("Two Poems").

I found Castellanos' poetry to have a psychological quality that reminded me of the work of two other Latin American women poets: Julia de Burgos (Puerto Rico) and Alfonsina Storni (Argentina). Those interested in Latin American poetry should seek out this volume.