Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. Bilingual edition, translated and edited by Monica de la Torre. One of the great poets of Mexico, Gerardo Deniz immediately draws his reader into what is an explosive lyric -- a lyric that can be wildly comic, deeply cynical, but also passionate and sexy -- Marjorie Perloff. The sarcasm of Gerardo Deniz is the art of opening one's eyes in the midst of collapse. The art of decomposition untangles the ramblings of composition and cures it of its illusions. Also includes an epilogue by Josu‚ Ramirez, translated by Jen Hofer.