<DIV>&#8220;The definitive version of Lorca&#8217;s masterpiece, in language that is as alive and molten today as was the original.&#8221;&#8212;John Ashbery<BR><BR>Newly translated for the first time in ten years, Federico Garc&#237;a Lorca&#8217;s <I>Poet in New York</I> is an astonishing depiction of a tumultuous metropolis that changed the course of poetic expression in both Spain and the Americas. Written during Lorca&#8217;s nine months at Columbia University at the beginning of the Great Depression, <I>Poet in New York</I> is widely considered one of the most important books Lorca produced. This influential collection portrays a New York City populated with poverty, racism, social turbulence, and solitude&#8212;a New York intoxicating in its vitality and beauty. After the tragedy of September 11, 2001, poets Pablo Medina and Mark Statman were struck by how closely this seventy-year-old work spoke to the atmosphere of New York. They were compelled to create a new English version using a contemporary poet&#8217;s eye, which upholds Lorca&#8217;s surrealistic technique, mesmerizing complexity, and fierce emotion unlike any other translation to date. A defining work of modern literature, <I>Poet in New York</I> is a thrilling exposition of one American city that continues to change our perspective on the world around us.</DIV>