"Bilingual, autobiographical collection of a Colombian-born 'transcultural dweller' (Ilan Stavans, Washington Post Book World, June 17, 1997) living in the US. Poems record gay writer's childhood, adolescence, and coming of age. In addition to Grossman and Richie, Manrique himself contributes a translation: the book's pivotal poem, which is also its most affective"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.