Diva

by Rafael Campo

Book Overview

A major new work from one of America's most acclaimed younger poets, Rafael Campo's Diva appears at the intersection of confession and confinement, hyperbole and humility. In his masterful third collection, Campo explores further the epic themes of his Cuban heritage and America's newness, his work as a doctor caring for AIDS patients and his identity as a gay man.
At once relishing and resisting the poetic traditions of formal English...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822324172
• ISBN13: 9780822324171
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

CANDID EROTICISM

In "Diva," Rafael Campo brings to life the issues that color the world today with bold and touching lines of poetry and prose. Campo's palpable language not only invites but envelopes the reader into his world of pain and anguish, loves and passions-- and the everyday happenstances of life in America and abroad. A doctor by profession, Campo stitches the raw realities of the medical world with the ever-impending emotional tugging that comes along with the social stigmas associated with incurable illnesses such as AIDS. Campo delicately treads on the balance between experience and observation, leading the reader to a heightened awareness of the world around her/him and an empathetic eye to those who share it.