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28. Mesa de Contentos
(Lima, Alex)
978-1-7326916-8-1
In Mesa de contentos, two languages that represent two different cultures, which in themselves emit two powerful vibrations, sit
down, dialogue, enrich and nourish each other. Spanish recovers what is most genuine from its oral tradition and English allows
itself to be encroached upon by the twists and turns of this primary language whose presence is already inescapable in this “America of passion fruit and granadilla” outlined here with rhythm and plasticity, in a surprisingly lyrical and endearing way.
Mariela Dreyfus – New York University
Author Alex Lima
Pages 96
Format Paperback
Book dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 inches
ISBN 978-1-7326916-8-1
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IMMIGRANT
an expat from Ecuador
you’ll never see those four words
next to one another
if I were from Western Europe I would be
considered an expat, a transplant like a liver
transplant meant to save someone’s life
but instead I’m a public charge
with nothing vital to contribute to
the sustenance of this exceptional
two hundred and forty something organism
but rather a plague, a deformed
individual prone to being dehumanized
a combustible material only good to
fan the flames of innovation
for more expats to come
and make this land their fatherland