David Gershator

David Gershator visits and re-visits Mexico in poems ranging from headline grabbing news clips to lyrical love poems, from fiery fulminations to hallucinatory visions. As translator/editor of Federico García Lorca's SELECTED LETTERS and student of the poet's brother, Francisco García Lorca, he takes cues from Lorca's experiments in POETA EN NUEVA YORK; from countless rancheras and corridos; from the historical continuity of myth, madness, politics...

Colorful illustrations and rhyming text present a celebration of summer from a child's perspective.