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Author
Series
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This collection of poems is an act of remembrance of a speaker looking back on a community of Mexican-American boys who are grappling with the impulse to assimilate while at the same time trying to create something new for themselves through graffiti."--
Author
Publisher
Arte Público Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
"A series of poems keyed to the cards in the traditional Mexican lottery game explore growing up Mexican-American in Texas, from enjoying afternoon snacks, climbing mesquite trees, and sharing Catholic traditions to enduring discrimination." --
Author
Series
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Poet José Olivarez explores the story, contradictions, joys, and sorrows that embody life in the spaces between Mexico and America. He paints vivid portraits of good kids, bad kids, families clinging to hope, life after the steel mills, and gentrifying barrios"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
New Directions paperbook ; NDP648
Publisher
New Directions Books
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
"Fiercely moving, the two long narrative poems of Martin & Meditations on the South Valley revolve around the semi-autobiographical figure of Martin, a mestizo or 'detribalized Apache.' Abandoned as a child and a long time on the hard path to building his own family, Martin at last finds his home in the stubborn and beautiful world of the barrio... Jimmy Santiago Baca 'writes with unconcealed passion,' Denise Levertov states in her introduction, 'but...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Book Description: For over two decades, the award-winning poet and author Gary Soto has been offering his readers a vision that transcends the ordinary, making him one of today's most celebrated Chicano writers. New and Selected Poems includes the best of his seven full-length collections, plus over 23 new poems previously unpublished in book form. From the charged, short-lined poems of Soto's early writing to an unflinching look at poverty and hard...
