Poetry. Diana Anhalt’s newest collection, BECAUSE THERE IS NO RETURN, is the reminiscence of her life in Mexico after fleeing the U.S. with her parents during the McCarthy Era. After nearly
sixty years Diana returned to the US, only to find that it was no longer her home. She has since cataloged the things you can’t take back in a carry- on—the bougainvillea, taxicab rosaries, wet
season rainbows—and laments them all here. Consequently, her poetry surrenders to the seductress that is nostalgia, porque nunca hay retorno: because there is no return.
