Para Cenar Habra Nostalgia (English and Spanish Edition)

This collection of poetry sheds light on the cultural merge experienced by the immigrant; simultaneously marked by a sense of hope and loss. It reads as a sum of pauses capturing the author often times unguarded by the pull of her own memories, while fully conscious of the contrasting scenario around her. The American dream is addressed as a metaphor and philosophical incentive to preserve one’s identity amidst the marring struggle of daily life. The text is a letter of mourning but also gratitude, for a past that is still very much palpable and vibrant. And it is the nostalgia of this past the fuel that carries not only the narrative but the writer herself.

"Homesick for Dinner" That is what I translated the title to be- thank goodness I wasn't too far from the mark. The title is actually "Homesickness for Dinner" Woohoo! I've always wanted to be a poet. Poetess. Female poet. I never could get the words out the way I needed them to. My rhythm was ordinary and I felt rather elementary. I admire those with the gift of word and so when I was asked to review this lovely book of poems. I graciously accepted. Para Cenar Habrá Nostalgia, by Fior E. Plasencia, is a beautiful collection of poems that reads almost like a memoir. From the very first piece, you are carried through the experience of stress: remembering answers to questions, having money in your sock(bottom of your shoes), trying to not being nervous, to obtain a visa, to the flight that transported life and heritage to a new country. Because my baby Spanish is hardly used (though my sister in law is Hispanic) and various dialects can destroyed in translation, I may never truly pick up on every Plasencia wanted to share with me, but I do know I truly appreciated what I did understand. A transplant of this magnitude had to have been both frightening and liberating. The parts of New York I've visited were parts she's grown up in and they are almost different worlds in themselves. I was able to see through her eyes and find the light she shared. The traditions, smiles, struggles and memories from home and new home. Even the pangs of being homesick. *For the full review: (...) **Book provided by Fior E. Plasencia, for an honest review.

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Reading this collection of poetry does give you a touch of nostalgia. She tells the many tales of the Dominican- York experience in the realest form. Placencia provodes the complete menu of the good, the bad and the ugly while still nourishing our appetites for great literature.

Para Cenar Habrá Nostalgia is a breath of fresh air for Dominican poetry. The book is written in three different languages, Spanish, English and Spanglish, yeah Spanglish, so there is no excuse to not get a copy. The author touches subjects we're familiar with like immigration and being a woman through the eyes of a child and later in life as a young adult growing up in between the island and New York. "Apocalipsis," a poem that sheds light on gentrification and being a foreigner, is brilliant. Her play on words is impeccable with poems like "¿Cómo se dice Novelas in English?" I strongly recommend the purchase of Para Cenar Habrá Nostalgia for all the gems hidden through language and metaphors, it's quite an experience.

This poet will draw the reader out of his or her shell, whether you are an immigrant/bi-racial/minority or not the words between the pages of this book will leave their mark and resonate in your soul. As a Irish/Hispanic the words leap off the page and slice open wounds I never truly felt. Flor has helped me connect to a voice deep within me that hasn't been heard loudly enough until now. I'm ordering another copy for my mother and recommending it to my sisters, cousins (primas y promos), my father, my brothers, tios & tias, and all others I can think of. I am proud to have this title on my shelf and can't wait to discover more by this poetic artist.

As soon as you start reading this book, you don't want to stop. Started reading it on my way to class from work and read half the book. It just keeps going through the mixes of Spanish, English and Spanglish. It is intriguing and makes you keep going. The different experiences she lived through or seen are spoken throughout the poems. How she brings back memories as she rides the train and compares her dreams to the dreamers in the train, to taking turns sleeping and watching over her parents to fulfilling her mother's dreams of graduating. I'll leave the review here with 5 *****, don't want to spoil it. Get your copy today, only $15.00. You won't regret it.

Im a poet myself and had recently published my own book when I met Fior. She has a very lively personality and her writing is exceptional. I've been there since she began putting together her book, I've witnessed all the love and nostalgia that she's put in it and there's absolutely no way that you can read this book and not love it. From its beautiful book cover to the words that so eloquently capture those feelings that make you want to jump on a flight and go back to the D.R. This book is magical and certainly a must read.

Easy to read and understand. It sends you those places that you are reading. Incredible and unexpected!. Moño malo como la escritora!