Eros Is More by Juan Antonio Gonzalez Iglesias, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

[Eros Is More] is a beautifully masterful collection. . . . In this book we are in the hands of two generous and beautiful poets."-Aracelis GirmayCurtis Bauer's Spanish to English translations empower the spirit ofEros Is More, highlighting Juan Antonio Gonzalez-Iglesias' playfulness and position as agent provocateur. These poems immerse the classical within modern, urban landscapes, and redefine our interconnectedness across the ages. Language, love, and faith are central performers. Bauer masterfully emboldens them within these wise, compassionate translations. These poems wash us in fierce, unwavering love."Arte Poetica":Si no quieres quedarte a mirar la tormentaYo la miro por ti."Ars Poetica":If you don't want to stay and watch the stormI will watch it for you. Juan Antonio Gonzalez-Iglesias (Salamanca, 1964) is a professor of Latin philology at the University of Salamanca, Spain. In addition toEros es mas, other collections of poetry includeOlimpicas (El Gaviero Ediciones, 2005), and most recently, Del lado del amor: Poesia reunida 19942009 (Visor, 2010).Eros es mas was selected byEl Cultural, El Mundo as the best collection of poetry in Spain in 2007.Curtis Bauer is the author of three poetry collections: his first, Fence Line, won the John Ciardi Poetry Prize;Spanish Sketchbook is a bilingual English/Spanish collection published by Ediciones en Huida in Seville, Spain; andThe Real Cause for Your Absence was published by C&R Press in 2013. His poems and translations have appeared in theSouthern Review, theIndiana Review, theCommon, and theAmerican Poetry Review, among others. He is the publisher and editor of Q Ave Press Chapbooks, the Spanish translations editor forFrom the Fishouse, and teaches creative writing and translation at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, and Seville, Spain. "[Eros Is More] is a beautifully masterful collection. . . . In this book we are in the hands of two generous and beautiful poets."-Aracelis GirmayCurtis Bauer's Spanish to English translations empower the spirit ofEros Is More, highlighting Juan Antonio Gonzalez-Iglesias' playfulness and position as agent provocateur. These poems immerse the classical within modern, urban landscapes, and redefine our interconnectedness across the ages. Language, love, and faith are central performers. Bauer masterfully emboldens them within these wise, compassionate translations. These poems wash us in fierce, unwavering love."Arte Poetica":Si no quieres quedarte a mirar la tormentaYo la miro por ti."Ars Poetica":If you don't want to stay and watch the stormI will watch it for you. Juan Antonio Gonzalez-Iglesias (Salamanca, 1964) is a professor of Latin philology at the University of Salamanca, Spain. In addition toEros es mas, other collections of poetry includeOlimpicas (El Gaviero Ediciones, 2005), and most recently, Del lado del amor: Poesia reunida 19942009 (Visor, 2010).Eros es mas was selected byEl Cultural, El Mundo as the best collection of poetry in Spain in 2007.Curtis Bauer is the author of three poetry collections: his first, Fence Line, won the John Ciardi Poetry Prize;Spanish Sketchbook is a bilingual English/Spanish collection published by Ediciones en Huida in Seville, Spain; andThe Real Cause for Your Absence was published by C&R Press in 2013. His poems and translations have appeared in theSouthern Review, theIndiana Review, theCommon, and theAmerican Poetry Review, among others. He is the publisher and editor of Q Ave Press Chapbooks, the Spanish translations editor forFrom the Fishouse, and teaches creative writing and translation at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, and Seville, Spain. " | Eros Is More by Juan Antonio Gonzalez Iglesias, Paperback | Indigo Chapters