Publisher's Synopsis
Congregar en una antología digital algunas de las voces más destacadas de la poesía hispanoamericana de los Estados Unidos es un logro que satisface la pasión y los sentidos. Celebramos con esta publicación el mes de la poesía en los Estados Unidos presentando a poetas de una de las tradiciones poéticas americanas, la hispanounidense, que se inicia en el año 1571 con la Obra nuevamente compuesta de Bartolomé de Flores, a la que sigue el poema épico más antiguo escrito en lengua europea, La Florida de Fray Gregorio de Escobedo que se ubica entre los años 1587 y 1593, y el poemario de corte virgiliano Historia de Nuevo México que Gaspar Perez de Villagrá, empieza a escribir a partir del año 1598.To collect a digital anthology of many distinguished poetic voices of Hispanic poets in the USA is an achievement that satisfiesmany passions and sentiments. We celebrate poetry month in the USA with this publication of poets who have followed the tradition which first began in 1571 with Barlolomé de Flores's Newly Composed Work to the epic poem The Florida of Brother Gregorio de Escobedo, the oldest poem written in a European language about what would eventually become part of the USA, which appeared between the years of 1587 and 1593, and the Virgil-like poem History of New Mexico by Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá that followed, begun at the end of 1598.To collect a digital anthology of many distinguished poetic voicesof Hispanic poets in the USA is an achievement that satisfies many passions and sentiments. We celebrate poetry month in theUSA with this publication of poets who have followed the tradition which first began in 1571 with Barlolomé de Flores's NewlyComposed Work to the epic poem The Florida of Brother Gregorio de Escobedo, the oldest poem written in a European language about what would eventually become part of the USA, which appeared between the years of 1587 and 1593, and the Virgil-like poem History of New Mexico by Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá that followed, begun at the end of 1598.LUIS ALBERTO AMBROGGIOAcademia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española
