Palabras de mediodía / Noon Words
Lucha Corpi

​Palabras de mediodía / Noon Words ​is a powerful bilingual poetry book by Lucha Corpi which includes social and telluric themes, speaking volumes regarding colonialism, the role of women, as well as her family and immigrant identity. In this book, Lucha Corpi demonstrates the nature of her unwavering and defiant poetic voice.

This poetry collection, originally published in 1980, paints striking images of colonial and religious oppression, the author's departure and the nostalgia of her homeland, as well as the unjust treatment and violence against women.  Meanwhile, she creates colorful murals of her devotion to nature, the tender love for her son, and gives praise to the small things in life. In this work, Corpi also foresees a revolution, prophesying an artistic and cultural uprising through the lionhearted sounds of mariachi trumpets and violins.

Palabras de mediodía / Noon Words is a must-read poetic collage of remarkably bold and self-forging verses which gently carve themselves into the reader's consciousness. These verses are appreciated for their timelessness, for the ambiance of gender and cultural struggle was as true in 1980 as it is today. This is a book meant for fearless Latino men and women whose desire is to march into battle alongside mariachis, "Ah the sweet music / of the revolution!".

Lucha Corpi (Veracruz, Mexico) is the recipient of numerous awards and citations, including the National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and Multicultural Publishers Exchange Book Award for Adult Fiction. 

You can purchase the book Palabras de mediodía / Noon Words through Arte Público Press. Click here to purchase. 
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 5/15/2016

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