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Latino Book Month, Jueves May 15 Pick : Sinasco

9:17 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Books|literature

15 May 2008

sinasco.jpgSINASCO stands for Sindicato de Astronautas Colombianos or the the Syndicate of Colombian Astronauts. Three Colombian poets in New York City gave themselves this name to describe their daring approach to Spanish language poetry but I also suspect that it has to do with a sense of “spacelessness” as immigrant voices on a crazy planet. This independently published book with poems from Nicolas Linares, Ricardo Leon Pena-Villa, and Diego “Liriko” Vargas, is a bilingual look through the eyes of word artists who feel that poetry is a way of life and a means of change.

What makes this collection unique is that while the three poets are linked, their voices are all so different.

Full disclosure : I am friends with the authors of the book and the book was dedicated to my younger daughter, but as a poet, I know good poetry when I see it and this new wave of poetry should be read, embraced, and allowed to fly as astronauts do.

If you would like to purchase the book contact Diego Vargas at llgante77@yahoo.com.

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