Joe Carvalko publishes his intimate poetry collection, Detrás del Acero, a Spanish translation of Carvalko's earlier work Behind the Steel, which expresses a longing to love, while railing against injustice, and paying tribute to those who fought for and built America. La obra tome el lector en un viaje por 20th siglo America, su ciudades, su guerras, el llanuras oeste, encuentros con muerte y las pérdidas de la corazon.