What the Body Told

by Rafael Campo and Campo

Book Overview

What the Body Told is the second book of poetry from Rafael Campo, a practicing physician, a gay Cuban American, and winner of the National Poetry Series 1993 Open Competition. Exploring the themes... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822317427
• ISBN13: 9780822317425
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Powerful songs of suffering

The poems in this collection are powerful and intimate. Although the organization of the book could be tighter, Compo's poem address the devastating effects of AIDS and cancer on patients. Compo brings the reader into the world of the sick and reminds me that beyong our own fear of cancer and AIDS is the power of empathy. When Compo shows me the raw emotions of an woman on the edge of death, I am reminded of life and what it means to live