The Complete Poems of San Juan de la Cruz - (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From celebrated contemporary poets María Baranda and Paul Hoover, an exciting collaborative translation of the canonical poems of San Juan de la Cruz.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>María Baranda and Paul Hoover present revitalized translations of some of the most beloved poems of the Golden Age of Spanish literature.</b> <p/> In 1578, during months of imprisonment for his reformist beliefs, San Juan de la Cruz composed a series of narrative poems inspired by the Biblical Song of Songs--and, the story goes, a popular love song overheard from his cramped cell--that take God as the beloved. Erotically charged, initially scandalous, his mystical poetry engages with the journey of the soul through the darkest trenches of suffering and despair toward an enlightened spiritual connection with God. For hundreds of years, these poems have resonated deeply with those who search for meaning in the dark, and have influenced generations of poets, artists, and philosophers. <p/> This bilingual edition of the <i>Complete Poems</i>--including "Dark Night" and both the Sanlúcar and Jaén manuscripts of "Spiritual Canticle"--presents an intimate and exceptionally collaborative new translation from María Baranda and Paul Hoover. Baranda, one of the most distinguished Mexican poets of her generation, lends her deft hand with expansive, meditative poetry. Hoover--the accomplished American poet, editor, and translator--offers his dexterity with form and the possibilities of language. The product is uniquely faithful to image and idea, and loyal to the ecstatic lyricism of this canonical text. <p/> A volume that hums with the soul's longing to find solace, <i>The Complete Poems of San Juan de la Cruz</i> is a collection to be treasured.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"This is a gorgeously presented book with equally stunning verse." --<b><i>The Millions</i>, "Must-Read Poetry of April 2021"</b> <p/> <p/>"In poems that remind the reader of John Donne's fierce, unbridled devotion, mingled with John Keats' romanticism, people 'suffer, grieve, and die' at the various altars of love . . . The collection invites the acceptance of mystery ushered by the intoxicating work of devotion." --<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><p><b><i><br></i></b></p><p>"I was so impressed by [<i>The Complete Poems of San Juan de la Cruz</i>] . . . [A] revelatory new translation." <b>--<i>Commonweal Magazine</i></b> <p/> <p/><b>Praise for María Baranda and Paul Hoover</b> <p/> <p/>"One of the leading Mexican poets of the generation born in the 1960s and a powerful presence in all of Latin American poetry, Baranda is best known for her sweeping and incisive long poems. Her cry is resoundingly of sea, sponge, ant, and prayer, as related in rapture. Hoover deftly captures the drama of her cadences in Spanish."<b>--PEN.org</b> <p/> <p/><b>Praise for <i>Black Dog, Black Night</i> (coedited and cotranslated by Paul Hoover and Nguyen Do)</b> <p/> <p/>"A monumental contribution to international literature."<b>--<i>Bloomsbury Review</i></b> <p/> <p/>"A fresh, groundbreaking compendium of contemporary Vietnamese poets."<b>--Poets.org</b> <p/> <p/>"A rich sampling. Reading this anthology will leave the reader wanting more contemporary Vietnamese poetry."<b>--<i>Rain Taxi</i></b> <p/> <p/><b>Praise for <i>Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology</i> (edited by Paul Hoover)</b> <p/> <p/>"A resounding success. For a young writer wanting to get a complete flavor of what's exciting about American poetry today, there can hardly be a better guide. . . . Hoover's anthology looks to the future. This is an indispensable guide for every poet, opening many portals onto avant-garde poetry, an exhaustive resource that never becomes boring or pedestrian."<b>--<i>Huffington Post</i></b> <p/> <p/>"The range here is stunning, from Olson's panoramic histories to Frank O'Hara's chatty cityscapes to Lyn Hejinian's bottomless autobiography. . . . This will be an essential book for students and serious fans of poetry."<b>--<i>Publishers Weekly</i> (starred review)</b> <p/> <p/>"Invaluable . . . Hoover's expert introduction tracks all the stages and facets of postmodern poetry, including such modes as conceptual poetry, cyberpoetry, and proceduralism. . . . The well-chosen selections range exhilaratingly. . . . Each approach, mechanical or intuitive, yields poems of provocation, mystery, wit, even beauty, adding up to an engrossing and defining collection."<b>--<i>Booklist</i></b> <p/> <p/><b>Praise for Paul Hoover's <i>Poems in Spanish</i></b> <p/> <p/>"Hoover use[s] the music and directness of Spanish poetry in translation to make poems in English that sound at once otherworldly and completely, poignantly American."<b>--<i>Boston Review</i></b></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>María Baranda</b> is a winner of major literary awards in Mexico, the Aguascalientes National Poetry Prize and the Efrain Huerta National Poetry Prize, as well as Spain's Francisco de Quevedo Prize for Ibero-American Poetry. Her collections of poems include <i>Narrar</i>, <i>Atlántica y el rústico</i>, <i>Avido mundo</i>, <i>Ficticia</i> and <i>El mar insuficiente: poemas 1989-2009</i> (translated into English by Joshua Edwards), and <i>Yegua nocturna corriendo en un prado de luz absoluta</i> (translated into English by Paul Hoover). <p/> <b>Paul Hoover</b> is the author of collections of poems including <i>The Book of Unnamed Things</i>, <i>Desolation: Souvenir</i>, <i>Sonnet 56</i>, <i>Edge and Fold</i>, and <i>Poems in Spanish</i>, which was nominated for a Bay Area Book Award. He is editor of <i>Postmodern American Poetry: A Norton Anthology</i> and coeditor of the literary magazine <i>New American Writing</i>. He teaches creative writing at San Francisco State University.
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