Author: Francisco X. AlarcónPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 081650279X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
My Sweet Dream / My Living Nightmare: Adobe Walls
Poetry of Resistance
Author: Francisco X. AlarcónPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 081650279X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
My Sweet Dream / My Living Nightmare: Adobe Walls
Not Go Away Is My Name
Author: Alberto RíosPublisher: Copper Canyon Press
ISBN: 1619322242
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Resistance and persistence collide in Alberto Rios’s sixteenth book, Not Go Away Is My Name, a book about past and present, changing and unchanging, letting go and holding on. The borderline between Mexico and the U.S. looms large, and Ríos sheds light on and challenges our sensory experiences of everyday objects. At the same time, family memories and stories of the Sonoron desert weave throughout as Ríos travels in duality: between places, between times, and between lives. In searching for and treasuring what ought to be remembered, Ríos creates an ode to family life, love and community, and realizes “All I can do is not go away. / Not go away is my name.”
Beyond Earth's Edge
Author: Julie Swarstad JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780816539192
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Beyond Earth's Edge vividly captures through poetry the violence of blastoff, the wonders seen by Hubble, and the trajectories of exploration to Mars and beyond. The anthology offers a fascinating record of both national mindsets and private perspectives as poets grapple with the promise and peril of U.S. space exploration across decades and into the present.
Tributaries
Author: Laura Da'Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816531552
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
In Tributaries, poet Laura Da’ lyrically surveys Shawnee history alongside personal identity and memory. With the eye of a storyteller, Da’ creates an arc that flows from the personal to the historical and back again. In her first book-length collection, Da’ employs interwoven narratives and perspectives, examines cultural archetypes and historical documents, and weaves rich images to create a shifting vision of the past and present. Precise images open to piercing meditations of Shawnee history. In the present, a woman watches the approximation of a scalping at a theatrical presentation. Da’ writes, “Soak a toupee with cherry Kool-Aid and mineral oil. / Crack the egg onto the actor’s head. / Red matter will slide down the crown / and egg shell will mimic shards of skull.” This vivid image is paired with a description of the traditional removal path of her own Shawnee ancestors through small towns in Ohio. These poems range from the Midwestern landscapes of Ohio and Oklahoma to the Pacific Northwest, and the importance of place is apparent. Tributaries simultaneously offers us an extended narrative rumination on the impact of Indian policy and speaks to the contemporary experiences of parenthood and the role of education in passing knowledge from one generation to the next. This collection is composed of four sections that come together to create an important new telling of Shawnee past and present.
Cue Lazarus
Author: Carl MarcumPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816520749
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
The debut volume of a Mexican-American poet exploring fundamental human predicaments.
Michael Rosen's A-Z
Author: Michael RosenPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141923784
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
From Agard to Zephaniah, the very best of children's poetry from the very best of children's poets appears in this wonderful and exciting anthology edited by Michael Rosen, the Children's Laureate. Coinciding with his laureateship and a very welcome public promotion of the need for children's poetry in our education system, this future classic for Puffin will delight readers young and old, and make the perfect gift.
Out There Somewhere
Author: Simon J. OrtizPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816522101
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Through poems and journal entries Simon Ortiz explores his Native American culture and the various challenges they face.
The Autobiography of a Yaqui Poet
Author: Refugio SavalaPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816506286
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This is the major literary achievement of a sensitive, gifted man. The author is a Yaqui Indian, a railroad gandy dancer who sees beauty in iron spikes and rail clamps as well as in twilight-purple mountains and glossy-leafed cottonwood trees. In the seventy years following his flight from the Yaqui-Mexican wars in Sonora, Savala became a talented poet and loving recorder of his people's cultural heritage. A large sampling of his original works appears in the interpretations section of this book. Together with the beautifully written autobiography, they offer a unique view of Arizona Yaqui culture and history, railroading in the American West, and the personal and artistic growth of a Native American man of letters.
Arizona
Author: Stuart WatkinsPublisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781469924250
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Arizona: 100 Years, 100 Poems, 100 Poets was written to celebrate Arizona's 100th year of Statehood in 2012. Poets from all across Arizona contributed to this collection. These poems catch the flavor of Old Arizona and Modern Arizona.
The Dangerous Shirt
Author: Alberto RosPublisher: Copper Canyon Press
ISBN: 1556592981
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
National Book Award finalist Alberto Ríos returns with his signature desert Southwest magical-realism.