San Antonio College Library

This is one of the very few books on the Cuban political thinker and poet Jose Marti available in English. Written by renowned Latin Americanists, the book explores the man who created the notion of Latin America - Nuestra America (also the title of Marti's seminal text) as a distinct cultural and racial identity. Marti's influence as a writer in Latin America was almost as great as the one he had as a statesman. An extraordinarily innovative poet...

A bilingual edition of the noted Cuban poet's first published book of poetry, written while he was in exile far from his wife and son, expresses his love for his child and his hopes for the boy's future.