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Antonio \u00c1ngel Agudelo<\/a><\/h1>\n

Translated by Claudia Routon<\/a><\/h2>\n

Artwork by\u00a0Juan Carlos Mestre<\/h3>\n

Introduction by Arturo Hern\u00e1ndez
\nPrologues by Alejandro L\u00f3pez Andrada and Ver\u00f3nica Aranda<\/h4>\n

ISBN:\u00a0978-1-944884-82-6 (pbk.)<\/p>\n

(June, 2020)\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Juan Carlos Mestre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sky Chess<\/i>\u00a0presents, in English for the first time (with the original Spanish included on facing pages), the work of the critically acclaimed poet from C\u00f3rdoba, Spain, Antonio \u00c1ngel Agudelo. This\u00a0translation of his latest book,\u00a0El\u00a0cielo\u00a0ajedrez<\/i>\u00a0(El\u00a0sastre\u00a0de Apollinaire, 2016), with additional new, never previously published, poems.\u00a0 Several poets and critics preface the various sections of the book with short introductions that celebrate Agudelo’s work as a poetics of the other, as rooted in the elements, and as a portal into being rather than knowing. Agudelo includes myth and faith imagery as a newly expressed ancient language to engage ways of probing, seeing, and being. A political thread throughout the book is anchored in the poem \u201cThe House of Ethics,\u201d suggesting poetry itself is an ethical discourse that structures and instantiates protest. This important work is enhanced by several full-color illustrations by Juan Carlos Mestre (two of which are featured on this page), which complement beautifully the daring dimensions Agudelo invites.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u2026a fantastic poetic world full of small miracles, of emotions running through shadows, leaving crevices in the highest regions of the light, where time is mystery, pain, and serenity.\u00a0
\n\u2014Alejandro L\u00f3pez Andrada<\/p>\n

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Sky Chess<\/i> is an illuminated world of poetry\u2026 a foundation for reflection on life as a space bordering reverie and hope. The poet \u2026becomes an interpreter discerning what is real, always questioning the universe about those brief moments when life feels like it is on the brink of disaster in a sea of strange nostalgias.\u00a0
\n<\/span>\u2014Arturo Hern\u00e1ndez<\/p>\n

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Juan Carlos Mestre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2026silence, death, and grief counterbalanced by luminosity, desire, and rebirth\u2026. This poetic oscillation affords a lyrical intensity that resounds with the truth and beauty of human connection. \u00a0
\n<\/span>\u2014Sandra Kingery, translator of X\u00e1nath Caraza\u2019s Where the Light Is Violet and Hudson<\/i><\/p>\n

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Agudelo\u2019s verse is a place where \u201cthe sky is yearning for the sky,\u201d where there is \u201cbread for the day bread,\u201d where things bring us \u201ccloser to the invisible, creating the World.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>Claudia Routon deftly introduces Agudelo\u2019s unique voice to English-language audiences in these felicitous translations.
\n\u2014G. J. Racz, translator of Calderon de la Barca, Lope de Vega, Cervantes, and Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz in The Golden Age of Spanish Drama: A Norton Critical Edition<\/i><\/p>\n

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El cielo ajedrez \/ Sky Chess\u00a0<\/i>succeeds in being both a harmonious and productive bilingual edition in which the Spanish original version and Routon\u2019s thoughtful and precise translation complete and complement each other, illuminating new readings. Agudelo\u2019s poetic universe is at times lofty and ethereal yet grounded in deeply essential and even elemental themes. Mestre\u2019s art captures this special mood and brightly celebrates it.
\n\u2014Denise Kripper, Assistant Professor at Lake Forest College & Translation Editor at\u00a0Latin American Literature Today<\/i><\/p>\n

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Routon\u2019s faithful translation of Agudelo\u2019s haunting verses and prose\u2014located somewhere between desiderium and excess, melancholy and nostalgia, earthly wonder and transcendence, pleasure and angst\u2014reminds us of the limitlessness of language and substantiates Poe\u2019s view of poetry as the \u201crhythmical creation of beauty.\u201d\u00a0
\n\u2014Bonnie L. Gasior<\/span>, Ph.D. Interim Director, University Honors Program & Professor of Spanish, California State University, Long Beach
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Sky Chess<\/em>\u00a0plays with our sometimes organized, sometimes chaotic musings about life offering hope and redemption without ever shying away from its gross reality.\u00a0 In\u00a0Antonio \u00c1ngel Agudelo\u2019s\u00a0verse, we travel across the world to experience cultural riches, literary feasts, lovers\u2019 dreams, spiritual imaginings. Agudelo\u2019s voice across these themes is faithfully and lyrically rendered by Claudia Routon. The rhythm in the translation is seamless, with assonance and refrain subtly enhancing the depth of the imagery. The magical illustrations emphasize the poignancy of the writings forcing us to explore the particular beauty of melancholy throughout this work.
\n\u2014Lisa Agostini, MA, Translator & Spanish Network Coordinator at the Institute for Translation and Interpreting<\/p>\n

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