5 meters of poems = 5 metros de poemas
By: Carlos Oquendo de Amat ; [English translation, Alejandro de Acosta and Joshua Beckman]
Contributors: Acosta, Alejandro de; Beckman, Joshua, 1971-; Ugly Duckling Presse
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Lost literature series -- #7; Lost literature series -- #7.
Publisher: Ugly Duckling Presse; Distributed by Small Press Distribution
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Brooklyn, NY; Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 54
ISBN-13: 9781933254593
Subjects: Translations into English; Peruvian poetry
Other titles: 5 metros de poemas; Five meters of poems; Cinco metros de poemas
Work titles: Cinco metros de poemas
Notes: Cover title.

English and Spanish texts on opposite sides (front and back) of folded accordion sheet; four additional poems are printed on p. [2-3] of cover.

"In addition to the 18 poems that make up 5 meters of poems, Carlos Oquendo de Amat published four other poems in his lifetime. We include them here in their original Spanish and in English translations by Alejandro de Acosta and Joshua Beckman"--P. [2] of cover.

"This bilingual edition ... was printed in an edition of 1,000 at Cannelli Printing, West Haven, CT, and diecut and scored at BP Products, Hamden, CT. The accordion book was printed on Mohawk Via and assembled by hand at the UDP workshop in Brooklyn, NY. Project design by Megan Mangum, Words That Work. English text set in Century Old Style and Century Schoolbook ... "--Colophon.

Parallel texts in English and Spanish; translated from the Spanish.