Bululú

Some poems are born in newsrooms, amidst breaking news; others, enveloped in the warmth of home. Some speak of what it means to migrate; several of the harshness of History. Most make no distinction between personal and collective experience. In Bululú, Jaime Santirso —correspondent in China and witness to major events of the 21st century— offers poetry without barriers: everyday, precise, social. With the same fervor as his dispatches from Wuhan, reporting on the world's first lockdown in the face of a pandemic, Santirso writes here about his mother, his grandparents, his travels, relationships, distance and memory, his country. Each poem is a delicate snapshot, making Bululú an act of resistance: poetry that observes, listens, and delights.