Once we get to mid-June, the sun becomes relentless in Extremadura. Daytime temperatures regularly reach well over 40ºC and you have to be brave/mad/an Englishman to venture out of the house between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m..
In that context, it's time to invoke Escuela de Calor, a gorgeous subversion of a summer song, Radio Futura and Santiago Auserón (aka Juan Perro) at their best...
This review first appeared in Acumen Poetry Magazine in the autumn of 2025.
Many thanks to the reviews editor, Andrew Geary, for commissioning it.
Vanishin...
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