"Juan Ponce de LeónOn April 2, 1513, according to legend while searching for the Fountain of Youth, Ponce de León discovered Florida. In actual fact, it was more likely that he was out seeking the gold..."
- Hank Bracker
"Already the people murmur that I am your enemybecause they say that in verse I give the world your me.They lie, Julia de Burgos. They lie, Julia de Burgos.Who rises in my verses is not your voice. It ..."
- Julia de Burgos Jack Agüero Translator
"This is your heritage,' he said, as if from this dance we could know about his own childhood, about the flavor and grit of tenement buildings in Spanish Harlem, and projects in Red Hook, and dance hal..."
- Justin Torres
"Puerto Rico was the Republic of Texas on jet-fuel testosterone and psychedelic estrogen."
- David R. Martin