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Highlights
- Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures.
- 160 Pages
- Juvenile Nonfiction, Poetry
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About the Book
Includes an author Q&A and a poem by Gary Soto from the collection Red hot salsa.Book Synopsis
Growing up Latino in America means speaking two languages, living two lives, learning the rules of two cultures. Cool Salsa celebrates the tones, rhythms, sounds, and experiences of that double life.
Here are poems about families and parties, insults and sad memories, hot dogs and mangos, the sweet syllables of Spanish and the snag-toothed traps of English. Here is the glory--and pain--of being Latino American.
Review Quotes
"This spirited, significant collection of poetry for young adults by poets of Latin American heritage is enlivened both by the considerable energy of the poems and by the juxtaposition--and sometimes intermingling--of English and Spanish. ... The collection is eminently successful in celebrating the particular experience of growing up Latino in the United States." --The Horn Book, starred review
About the Author
Lori M. Carlson is an editor and translator who has concentrated on bringing Latino literature to American readers. As co-editor of Where Angels Glide at Dawn, she introduced new Latin American authors to younger readers. She is the founder of the bilingual children's magazine Azul. Most recently she edited American Eyes. Ms. Carlson lives in New York City.