Burning Cartography.

Burning Cartography

Noni Benegas, author

Noel Valis, translator

Host Publications

1000 East 7th, Suite 201, Austin, TX 78702

9780924047435, $12.00

A sample of one of Spain's finest, "Burning Cartography" brings Noni Benegas' work to the English language. With several previous works published, Benegas is no stranger to the world of poetry, and her expertise shines right through to readers. Tackling the unknown world of dreams that lies in everyone of us, and presenting the original Spanish lyrics alongside their English translation, "Burning Cartography" is a fine book of international poetry, deftly translated by Noel Valis. "Another Light": Groping through the house, blind steps/of chalk/with the light of dreams/suddenly opaque or radiant/Who shimmers that screen/in the darkened brain?/Like skin withering on the inside/the mystery of that glow persists.