Golden UFOs The Indian Poems Los ovnis de oro Poemas indios [Paperback]

In 1898 Tahirassawichi went to Washington
only to speak about religion
(as he told the American government)
only to preserve the prayers.
And the Capitol did not impress him.
from Tahirassawichi in Washington

Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan poet, priest, and revolutionary, foresees a new order for humanity. Here in his Indian poems, Father Cardenal interweaves myth, legend, history, and contemporary reality to speak to many subjects, including the assaults on the Iroquois Nation, the political and cultural life of ancient Mexico, the Ghost Dance movement, the disappearance of the buffalo, U.S. policy during the Vietnam War, and human rights in Central America. Each text is rich with history, poetry, and spiritual insight.

This bilingual edition is the only complete collection of Father Cardenals Indian poems in either Spanish or English. Cardenal has checked and approved the translations and the glossary of cultural and historical referents.

Of epic proportions... The literal translation conveys the epigrammic style and didactic, political message.... Of timely interest. Library Journal

Priest and Nicaraguan revolutionary as well as poet, Cardenal epitomizes what makes literature live in Central America today. His poems are both sonorous and accessible, political and mystical. Booklist

... a spectacular work... Books of the South West

ERNESTO CARDENAL, poet, priest, and revolutionary, foresees a new order for humanity. Early on, his opposition to the Nicaraguan dictator Somoza nearly cost him his life. With Thomas Mertons encouragement, he began his studies of Native American culture and history. He was later Minister of Culture in the Sandinista government. MONIQUE ALTSCHUL completed a thesis on Melville under Jorge Luis Borges and has taught at Iowa State University. Her Mitominas is a multimedia womens project. CARLOS ATLSCHUL, a psychologist, teaches at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. His essays olÃ$