I really like Carmen la Coja. I hope you will too. Thanks for your question. Next Time the other night. He's an all-time favorite.
Some authors are favorites for a book, others for their writing.
Neruda and Garcia Lorca remain on the top of the list of poets. It has a lot to do with the Spanish language in their case. Clarice Lispector was with me during the writing of my short stories, although she's been dead for twenty five years or so. She's a Brazilian writer but was not born there. Just like you could say that I'm Mexican although I was born in Chicago.