A Letter from T. S. Eliot on the Language of Poetry
In what language does a poet truly write when his voice belongs to more than one?
Bouquiphiles
Poetry
Essays
Poetry is Abnormal: Prisoners (Miniature VI)
The link between poetry and madness; boundaries between art, pathology, and the social construction of genius.
Book Reviews
‘Malincour’ / or ‘unalgo’ that reverberates
Maurizio Medo’s poetic writing as a loving transition between memory, languages, migration, and a reverberating present.
Essays
Shadow in front of ‘Shadows of Works’
Reclaiming Octavio Paz’s critical relevance in today’s world, analyzing his views on translation and poetry.
Book Reviews
On ‘Leonora’ by Reinhard Huamán Mori
Originality, romantic nihilism, and poetry as salvation in the face of family, a hostile world, and contemporary existential precariousness.
Book Reviews
Perverting Reality
‘Malincuor’ confirms a fragmentary poetics where memory, imagination, and language pervert reality to make it more true.
Book Reviews
‘Malincuor’, or How I Learned Not to Forget While Reading Medo
Medo’s ‘Malincuor’ is a dense and playful book that blends family post-memory with European history in a metaphorical train journey, using humour, irony and kaleidoscopic language to create an active and lively read.
Essays
‘Here in this Spring’: Introduction
Foreword to ‘Aquí en esta primavera (Antología de juventud)’ by Dylan Thomas (Casa Vacía Publishing House, 2025).
Loose Pages
Because of your Love, the Air Hurts Me
A mentor dissuades an aspiring poet from writing, extolling Lorca and reading with AI as a superior alternative to creative vanity.
Essays
Portrait of Baudelaire
A tragic and visionary dandy, Baudelaire transformed the misery and splendor of Paris into poetry where the abyss becomes beauty.