Episodes of Ink and Inkwell
The ink hummingbird as a central metaphor for writing, creative flight, and mythological connections in Federico de la Vega’s work ‘Noche cerrada’.
Book Reviews
Poetry
Loose Pages
Peruvian poetry. Memorias Des Trozadas (3 and final)
The narrator reconstructs the fascinating and tragic figure of Peruvian poet Luis Hernández, from the discovery of his handwritten notebooks to the impact of his suicide.
Book Reviews
‘Labyrinth of Fortune’: An Architecture of Power
The poem represents one of the most systematic attempts in pre-Renaissance Castilian literature to construct a cultured poetic language, of Latin descent, suitable for allegorical and moralizing expression.
Essays
Traditional Chinese Language and Poetry
Traditional Chinese poetry uses concrete and ritualistic language, not to describe reality, but to evoke it and connect with the essence of things.
Loose Pages
War is also Silence
A baseball commentator reflects on a poetic and mysterious encounter on a train.