Paper Dance: 55 Latino Poets - Softcover

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9780892552016: Paper Dance: 55 Latino Poets

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ISBN 10: 0892552018 ISBN 13: 9780892552016

Publisher: Persea, 2000

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"Readers should be prepared for weeping, laughing, and awe."―Harvard Review

A definitive anthology of the best United States Latino and Latina poets from diverse origins in the Latin world: Cuba, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Puerto Rico: Julia Alvarez, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Juan Felipe Herrera, Pat Mora, Alberto Alvaro R�os, Luis J. Rodrguez, and Tino Villeanueva, as well as emerging writers, including Sandra M. Castillo, Adrian Castro, Silvia Curbelo, Diana Rivera, and Gina Valdez.

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L.a. Prayer by Francisco X. Alarcon
Shame by Francisco X. Alarcon
Dusting by Julia Alvarez
Homecoming by Julia Alvarez
Storm Windows by Julia Alvarez
Poem 23 (sel.) by Jimmy Santiago Baca
Poem 6 (sel.) by Jimmy Santiago Baca
Abuelo Leopoldo Sneaks A Bite Of Cream Cheese by Sandra M. Castillo
For El Nino On His Arrival In The United States by Sandra M. Castillo
Leavings by Sandra M. Castillo
Herald Of Cocos (1) by Adrian Castro
Pulling The Muse From The Drum by Adrian Castro
Morning Geography by Rosemary Catacalos
Women Talk Of Flowers At Dusk by Rosemary Catacalos
Blue Full Moon In Witch by Lorna Dee Cervantes
From The Cables Of Genocide by Lorna Dee Cervantes
The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica by Lorna Dee Cervantes
The Medium's Burden by Lorna Dee Cervantes
My Grandfather's Hat by Lorna Dee Cervantes
The Poet Is Served Her Papers by Lorna Dee Cervantes
On Being Alone: Berkeley, 1969 by Lucha Corpi
Rehearsals For The Wreck by Lucha Corpi
Mesa Blanca (2) by Victor Hernandez Cruz
Mesa Blanca, Sels. by Victor Hernandez Cruz
Time Zones by Victor Hernandez Cruz
Photograph From Berlin by Silvia Curbelo
The Waitress Props Open Her Book by Silvia Curbelo
Witness by Silvia Curbelo
Coca-cola And Coco Frio by Martin Espada
La Tumba De Buenaventura Roig by Martin Espada
The Lover Of A Subversive Is Also A Subversive by Martin Espada
Ocha by Sandra Maria Esteves
Oshun's Love Poem by Sandra Maria Esteves
Who Is Going To Tell Me? by Sandra Maria Esteves
Bilingual Blues by Gustavo Perez Firmat
Ghost Writing by Gustavo Perez Firmat
Nobody Knows My Name by Gustavo Perez Firmat
La Curandera by Diana Garcia
When Living Was A Labor Camp Called Montgomery by Diana Garcia
Day Of The Dead by Guy Garcia
Red Line by Guy Garcia
Outline For A Cuban Folk-dance by Lourdes Gil
Prague, 1924 by Lourdes Gil
It Happens While Presidents Play Golf by Magdalena Gomez
Mestiza Legacy by Magdalena Gomez
Telling by Magdalena Gomez
Homage To Lucian Blaga by Ray Gonzalez
How? by Ray Gonzalez
Memory Of The Hand by Ray Gonzalez
The Recurring Dream Of The Snakes As A Gift For My Aching Shoulder by Ray Gonzalez
B.c.: Before Clinton by Cesar A. Gonzalez-t.
Damn! by Cesar A. Gonzalez-t.
Rain Lantern by Daniel Del Valle Hernandez
The Structure Of A Dream by Daniel Del Valle Hernandez
Tropical Weather Report by Daniel Del Valle Hernandez
The Sea During Springtime by Juan Felipe Herrera
Southern California Nocturne (circa 1964) by Juan Felipe Herrera
Finding Home by Carolina Hospital
Sorting Miami by Carolina Hospital
An Unexpected Conversion by Carolina Hospital
El Elvis by Wasabi Kanastoga
Family by Wasabi Kanastoga
The Spy by Wasabi Kanastoga
Christmas At The Health Care Center On The West Mesa by E. A. Mares
Discourse Of The Severed Head Of Joaquin Murieta by E. A. Mares
Juana La Loca by E. A. Mares
Discovering America by Demetria Martinez
Hit And Run by Demetria Martinez
Standard Time: Novena For My Father by Dionisio D. Martinez
Variations On Omar Sharif by Dionisio D. Martinez
The Chase by Victor Martinez
The Sierras by Victor Martinez
Unlucky Cracks by Victor Martinez
Ethnic Poetry by Julio Marzan
Ode by Julio Marzan
The Old Man by Julio Marzan
Calle De La Amargura by Pablo Medina
Cuba by Pablo Medina
Philadelphia by Pablo Medina
Ecologichumanitarianism by Jesus Papoleto Melendez
The Pigeon Squawk by Jesus Papoleto Melendez
Artista Cubano by Pat Mora
Sly Woman (2) by Pat Mora
Amantes Sin Tiempo by Gean Moreno
Lorca In Hell by Gean Moreno
Mariano, The Air by Elias Miguel Munoz
Repetitions by Elias Miguel Munoz
Summer Of The Body by Elias Miguel Munoz
Carlos Alfonzo by Ricardo Pau-llosa
Frutas by Ricardo Pau-llosa
Mulata by Ricardo Pau-llosa
The First Rock And Roll Song Of 1970 by Pedro Pietri
Nighttime Sunshine Mind Game by Pedro Pietri
Ode To Witch Liberty by Pedro Pietri
Aye Que Maria Felix (or Maria Was No Virgin) by Naomi Helena Quinonez
Post-colonial Contemplations by Naomi Helena Quinonez
Don Chuey by Leroy V. Quintana
Poem Written During One Of My Yearly Visits From California by Leroy V. Quintana
Combing My Hair In The Hall by Alberto Alvaro Rios
Kid Hielero by Alberto Alvaro Rios
Bird Language (sel.) by Diana Rivera
Death Of The Lady Slipper by Diana Rivera
Poetry Of The Holy Water by Diana Rivera
The Dream by Margarita Luna Robles
Self-portrait With Cropped Hair (1940) by Margarita Luna Robles
Self-portrait With Thorn Necklace And Hummingbird (1940) by Margarita Luna Robles
Bethlehem No More by Luis J. Rodriguez
Deathwatch: 1 by Luis J. Rodriguez
Deathwatch: 2 by Luis J. Rodriguez
Deathwatch: 3 by Luis J. Rodriguez
Deathwatch: 4 by Luis J. Rodriguez
Deathwatch: 5 by Luis J. Rodriguez
Deathwatch: 6 by Luis J. Rodriguez
Deathwatch: 7 by Luis J. Rodriguez
They Come To Dance by Luis J. Rodriguez
Muchacha (after Jamaica) by Cecilia Rodriguez-milanes
Again I Find Him by Leo Romero
Marilyn Monroe Indian by Leo Romero
Uncles (who Lie Still And Perfect): Bernardo by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Uncles (who Lie Still And Perfect): Bernjamin by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Uncles (who Lie Still And Perfect): Guillermo by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Uncles (who Lie Still And Perfect): Ricardo by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Alba by Deborah Salazar
For Carrie by Deborah Salazar
For Kathy Who Likes Happy Endings by Deborah Salazar
Izquierdo by Virgil Suarez
Jicotea/turtle by Virgil Suarez
Compliments by Carmen Tafolla
Letter To Ti by Carmen Tafolla
Marked by Carmen Tafolla
The Girl In The Treehouse by David Unger
Night In Oaxaca by David Unger
English Con Salsa by Gina Valdez
The Hands by Gina Valdez
Where You From by Gina Valdez
Cante Jondo by Gloria Vando
New York City Mira Mira Blues by Gloria Vando
Ronda by Gloria Vando
First Breakfast by E. J. Vega
Why My Mother's Teeth Remained In Cuba by E. J. Vega
An Act Of Creation by Alma Luz Villanueva
Delicious Death by Alma Luz Villanueva
The Wind by Alma Luz Villanueva
Haciendo Apenas La Recoleccion by Tino Villanueva
Scene From The Movie Giant by Tino Villanueva
Pony by Rafael Zepeda
Trans Pacific by Rafael Zepeda
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder�

Latino writing is flourishing in this country: this is the first anthology to gather Latino poets from diverse origins in the Latin world, from Mexico to Cuba. Over fifty poets are highlighted in a collection which gathers some common cultural themes under one cover. -- Midwest Book Review

Stripped of rhetoric and artifice, these compassionate poems are felt more than thought. Readers should be prepared for weeping, laughing, and awe. -- Harvard Review

From Library Journal:

These Are Not Sweet Girls, an anthology of 53 Latin American poets (including a single Brazilian, Adelia Prado), strives to combat "the offical discourse of power" that keeps women's poetry outside the literary mainstream. Poets range from Gabriela Mistral (born 1889) and Alfonsina Storni (born 1892) to Teresa Calderon and editor Agosin (both born 1955). Chilean Alicia Galaz Vivar looks to the day when men erase their superior smiles and wash away "the sad fury of mortal decisions"; Puerto Rican Olga Nolla lashes out at Aristotle for calling women "mutilated men"; and Mexican Rosario Castellanos reflects that "we give life only to what we hate." The anthology is not bilingual, and the translators are individually noted. Although none of the Sweet Girls cross over into Paper Dance, nearly half of the 55 Latino poets featured in Paper Dance are also women, and their bicultural testimony is sometimes more intense. Sandra Maria Esteves condemns Spain's "legacy denied," and Magdalena Gomez curses Columbus "who feared no error/as long as the crucified/did not look like himself." Others re-create Hispanic figures such as Joaquin Murieta or Federico Garcia Lorca or invent a "Marilyn Monroe Indian." Americans of every Hispanic background are represented, urban as well as rural. Julia Alvarez and Jimmy Santiago Baca are here, but (inexplicably) Sandra Cisneros and Ana Castillo are not. Recommended for poetry collections.?Jack Shreve, Allegany Community Coll., Cumberland, Md.
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