Carolina Hospital
Carolina Hospital, in no-subconscious order, is a poet, a novelist, a professor and a lover, born in Cuba, and raised in the U.S. Eventually she earned a BA in English and a Master’s in Hispanic Literature. She has published six books, including the collection The Child of Exile: A Poetry Memoir; the novel A Little Love, under the pen name C. C. Medina; No Excuses! A Brief Survival Guide to Freshman Composition; and Chapter 6 in the collaborative New York Times bestselling novel Naked Came the Manatee. She teaches writing at Miami Dade College and lives with her husband and lover in Miami and Palm Coast, Florida. Her husband and her two daughters are also writers. They are also lovers of the surf and secluded beaches, and have traveled throughout the Caribbean, Costa Rica, Mexico, and the United States.
Part recovery journal, part portrait gallery, Key West Nights takes Hospital into uncharted territory, emotionally as well as culturally. The book confirms Hopsital’s place as a strong, distinctive voice in Latino poetry. — Gustavo Perez Firmat
Rendered with “the brushstroke of memory” Key West Nights and Other Aftershocks is a haunting, intimate journey through a landscape of loss and redemption. These poems are of abundance and mercy, shaped by the exile’s singular history, and guarded by the better angles of compassion and truth. It’s an elegant and impressive collection. —Sylvia Curbelo
KEY WEST NIGHTS & OTHER AFTERSHOCKS BY CAROLINA HOSPITAL $20.00
Madre de aguas
The dream spews elaborate tiles,
paladares and sobs.
Nothing is
as it’s supposed to be
wood and water
The woman reaches
for this lament that pours over her
grips earth and tape grass
beneath the river.
Are my arms dissolving into sand?
My eyes rolling black pebbles?
My breath the current?