Shearsman Books

Translated by Ruth Fainlight, Jennifer Clement and others.
Paperback, 112pp, 8.5x5.5ins, £8.95 / $15
ISBN 9781905700899

This is the first collection in the UK for Mexican poet Victor Manuel Mendiola, although his work has been appearing in small-press editions, in others' collections and in journals for some time. His collected poems 1987-2002 Tan oro y ogro (UNAM, Mexico City) won New York's Premio Latino de Literatura (Latino Literature Prize) in 2005. This Selected Poems shows the full range of his work, but begins with his astonishing erotic long poem 'Tu Mano Mi Boca' (Your Hand, My Mouth), which was so well received in Ruth Fainlight's translation when included in her latest collection of poems.

Download a sampler PDF of work from this book here.

UK trade orders via Bertrams Books or Gardners Books.
US trade orders via Ingrams or Baker & Taylor.

Please support your local bookshop by ordering Shearsman titles from them. If you prefer to order online, use the following links:

Order from the Shearsman Books online store

Order from amazon.co.uk

Order from The Book Depository

Order from amazon.com

Order from Barnes and Noble.com (USA)