Selected Poems/Poesia Selecta is a bilingual (English/Spanish) anthology showcase the poetry of the pre-eminent Latin American poet Luis Pales Matos. Ably translated by Julio Marzan, this Arte Publico Press edition will aptly serve to introduce a whole new generation to one of Puerto Rico's finest poets. The Well: My soul is like a well of deaf, deep water/on whose solemn, unrippled peace/days wheel, drowning their daily murmur; in the calm that curdles in barren hollows.//Below, the water lays its agony brightness,/a feeble iridescence fermenting in darkness;/lymphs that clot into long black slime/and exude this bloodless blue phosphorescence.//My soul is like a well. The sleepy water landscape/trembling composes itself and disperses,/while below, fathoms, perhaps a thousand years back,/dreams a crouched, misanthropic frog.//At times under the moon's long influence,/the well displays the misty magic of a fable:/a frog's deep croaking echoes in its water,/and it brims with a faint sense of eternity.

Luna, Luna is a wonderful addition to any educator's bag of tricks! Whether you are a teacher of Spanish, Bilingual Education, History, English, Creative Writing, Science--need I go on?--you will find inspiration here. A series of essays and examples of lessons using the poetry of Latinoamérica, Luna Luna is an excellent resource and truly should be part of your teaching library. Whether you choose to follow the lesson ideas step-by-step, or merely take them as a starting point for your own work, this book is not to be missed.