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"Aquí estamos. Ya nos vamos" | Collection of Bilingual Poetry
Aquí estamos. Ya nos vamos is a collection of bilingual poetry and short
fiction by Francisco J. Bustos and Michael Cheno Wickert which focuses on
the United States- Mexico border.
The work of Francisco Bustos centers around the often
extraordinary treasures of life in Tijuana. His work has a thoughtful,
relaxed rhythm that slows the reader down and offers a mellow journey,
from bartering his American tennis shoes in Mexico City's Valley of
Teotihuacán for cosmic passage and a rain stick, to questioning whether
diamonds are really more valuable than stones, showing readers that the
bread of life can sometimes be a simple kilo of tortillas or the
appreciation of history and culture around us.
Cheno's work speaks of hope and tragedy in San Diego. He
writes of the immigrant trudging up Market Street to the sound of church
bells from Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles, the clang and hiss of shipyard
steel, and the whisper of ghosts. His work ranges from a hang-over slow
pace to a staccato hammering of images that leaves the lingering idea that
although the American Dream is sometimes deferred, it is still worthwhile.
In the end Aqui estamos. Ya nos vamos is the un/common journey
we each make physically, emotionally, and spiritually as we define
ourselves and our role in a society where traditional borders are
constantly being blurred.
esta ouvre de francisco b y cheno es un kaleidos cope fronterizo... and
wit estrait up and a cross with out cruz y fiction cuentos homage 2 those
that live and struggle on y al otro lado de lada witness palabras que
valen sin pecado la tinta no sobra... falta! simon que yes! ahora somos
los mosquiteros... una mosc parada en la pader?
- alurista, author of as our barrio turns.. who the yoke b on?,
floricanto en aztlan, and et tu raza?
Francisco Bustos
Francisco Bustos lives in Playas de Tijuana, Baja California, and in Chula
Vista, California where he teaches English Composition at Southwestern
College. He mostly writes about border culture, music, foods and people.
On his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife Nirvana and
daughter Quetzalli, playing guitar with his suegro, and visiting his
parents, brother, and sisters. He grew up on both sides of the
Tijuana/San Ysidro Border, moving every couple of years depending on
family budget and situations.
Michael Cheno Wickert
Cheno earned both his B.A. in English in 1999 and his M.F.A. in Creative
Writing in 2004 from San Diego State University. Out of high school he
worked as a painter, carpenter, and pipefitter throughout the shipyards of
Southern California. He currently teaches kindergarten at Feaster-Edison
Charter School and is an adjunct professor of English at Southwestern
College in Chula Vista, where he lives with his wife Denise and his son
Julian. Creatively he explores how the personal and political collide in
everyday life.
La meta verdadera de nuestra lucha es cambio social positivo donde se
reconoce los derechos humanos básicos de respeto y dignidad para todos y
que cada persona toma responsabilidad individual y colectiva para la
educación, salud, justicia, y bienestar del pueblo entero.
The true goal of our struggle is positive social change where the basic
human rights of respect and dignity are recognized for all and that each
person takes individual and collective responsibility for the education,
health, justice, and well-being of all people.
Aqui estamos... Ya nos vamos is currently available through the publisher
at www.calacapress.com or for internet credit card orders through the
www.dyseone.com online store at
store.dyseone.com.
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