Atmospheric, Baroque, Beautiful , Chance, Classic hollywood, Classical, Clever, Composed, Conceptual, Contemplative, Dense, Dissonant, Dreamy, Ethereal, Experimental, Fleeting, Functional, Funny, Geometric, Hi-tech, Hypnotic, Illusive, Improvised, Intense, Intimate, Lush, Lyrical, Melancholy, Minimal, Open-ended, Organic, Paranoid, Playful, Pop, Quiet, Self-reflection, Sensual, Serene, Serial, Sincere, Smart, Sophisticated, Spare, Spectral, Sprawling, Sublime, Subtle, Visceral

In 1968, when an interviewer asked Jorge Luis Borges what he thought of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, the great explorer of the literary labyrinth responded, "Who is he?" Portugal, alas, is one of the most overlooked outposts of Europe. The North's snobbery towards the South is one of the caus

Clever, Dreamy, Eclectic, Enigmatic, Modernist poetry, Sensual, Subtle

In contrast to the political poetry that epitomized so much of the 1970s, Martin Espada's work kicks aside the pulpit and abandons the megaphone. Espada calls his readers to action in a more indirect fashion -- he envisions a free world without idealizing and describes social horrors without repriman

Political, Power, Sincere, Subtle, Tense

From an early age, Joyce disdained what he saw as the shabby Philistinism of his birthplace, Dublin, rejecting the Catholicism that dominated Irish culture in favor of a literary faith and a rebel's stance. Absolutely convinced of his genius, Joyce left for self-imposed exile in Europe in 1904, and b

Composed, Excessive, Expansive, Formless, Layered, Modernist literature, Moody, Playful, Postmodern fiction, Profane, Religious, Sprawling, Subtle