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Wise Fish: Tales in 6/8 Time
Reviews
Bob Holman :
"From a e to ae aeeeee is how
long it takes for a word under slow waves to dissolve
to pure sound. This is the domain of Adrian Castro,
el poeta salsero, whose Wise Fish is composed
solely in Spanglishcubanotainocreole y la lengua del
orisha. Castro lays out a groove deep as an ocean trench,
and you flow with the go. Use the dorsal fin of the
wise fish to comb the language free of snarls, tangles
and knots. Now you got it, poetry's music. Open book,
hear music."
Campbell McGrath :
"Adrian Castro is fast becoming our foremost poet of the Caribbean, that crossroad of the Americas whose multiple cultures and languages he knows and speaks so fluently. His poetry is ecstatic, drum-propelled, lyrically empowered, spiritually questing, restlessly exploring the flyways of diaspora and exile from Puerto Rico to Haiti to Florida, from Cuba to Jamaica to Colombia, yet the idiom it inhabits is purely American. For all his journeying Adrian Castro is never away from home, because, like the hermit crab, he carries it on his back."
Quincy Troupe :
"The poetry of Adrian Castro fuses Spanish, Spanglish, and various dialects of the English/American language in a dazzlingly lyrical way. Influenced by the poetry of Victor Hernández Cruz, who pioneered this fascinating linguistic mix and fusion, Castro's poetry breathes life into and pulsates through the nexus of many cultural crossroads: Cuban, Haitian, Puerto Rican, Dominican as well as that of a cross-fertilized United States. Castro's new work is laced with intriguing rhythms and a robust musical language that makes Wise Fish a powerful, fresh, complex collection from an increasingly gifted poet."
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