Spring marks a transitional time between the greyness of winter and the brightness of summer. And in this way, this Chanoyu for Spring/Chanoyu para la primavera explores the complexity of our emotions. As Lawrence Durrell writes in Clea, the fourth and final volume of The Alexandria Quartet: "How is one to make clear a single truth about the human heart?". The question itself exposes the paradox: it is not that we are duplicitous, but that we are multiple. Our inner lives, like Spring itself, are transitional, layered, and irreducible to a single tone.

Chanoyu for Spring/Chanoyu para la primavera is the second volume of the quartet Chanoyu for the Seasons /Chanoyu para las estaciones.

Rolando Pérez shapes language in the spirit of the Japanese tea ceremony. Rooted in Zen and the devotion to imperfection, Pérez reminds us that meaning is not declared but steeped, patiently, in the small rituals of daily life.

-Richard Blanco, 2013 Presidential Inaugural Poet, author of

Homeland of My Body

In the four volumes that comprise Chanoyu for the Seasons /Chanoyu para las estaciones, Pérez demonstrates once again his gift for blending intellectual rigor with lyrical grace...Like the ritual of preparing tea, each piece unfolds with balance and poise, leaving the reader gratified and enlightened.

-Gustavo Pérez Firmat, author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated

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