Bilingual Blues

Gustavo Pérez Firmat was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Miami, Florida. He holds a B.A. in English and an M.A. in Spanish, both from the University of Miami, and a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Michigan. He has received numerous fellowships and awards, including a Guggenheim fellowship and a National Endowment for the Humanities senior fellowship.

Gustavo Pérez Firmat examines relationships, sex, and Cuban American life in this collection of accessible poems. Pérez Firmat, who writes with wicked humor and candor, handles both Spanish and English with seamless assurance. He is an economical and confident poet.

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