Selected Poems/Poemas Selectos

Selected Poems/Poemas Selectos

â€œBaca writes with unconcealed passion . . . and manifests both an intense lyricism and that transformative vision which perceives the mythical and archetypal significance of life events.â€â€•Denise Levertov
Champion of the International Poetry Slam, winner of the Before Columbus American Book Award, the International Hispanic Heritage Award, the Pushcart Prize, and the prestigious International Award, Jimmy Santiago Baca has been writing as a mestizo (part Native American, part Mexican) and an outsider ever since he learned to read and writeâ€•in Englishâ€•during a six-year Federal prison sentence when he was in his twenties. Drawing on his rich ethnic heritage and his life growing up in poverty in the Southwestern United States, Baca has a created a body of work which speaks to the disenfranchised by drawing on his experiences as a prisoner, a father, a poet, and by reflecting on the lush, and sometimes stark, landscape of the Rio Grande valley.

In response to increased demand for Latino poetry in Spanish, and to thousands of Baca fans who are bilingual, this unique collection contains Spanish translations of Bacaâ€™s poetry selected from the volumes MartÃn and Mediations on the South Valley (1987), Black Mesa Poems (1989), Immigrants in Our Own Land (1990), Healing Earthquakes (2001), C-Train and Thirteen Mexicans (2002), Winter Poems Along the Rio Grande (2004), and Spring Poems Along the Rio Grande (2007).
Country USA
Brand New Directions
Manufacturer New Directions
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780811218160
ReleaseDate 2009-10-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780811218160

Country	USA
Brand	New Directions
Manufacturer	New Directions
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780811218160
ReleaseDate	2009-10-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780811218160

Selected Poems/Poemas Selectos

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