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Series
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
64 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In his second book of poetry, Richard Blanco explores the universal desire for home through evocative narratives, playful musings, and lyrical power. These poems take us on a relentless journey to Spain, Italy, France, Guatemala, Brazil, Cuba, and New England, as they examine the ideal of home and the connections we seek through place, culture, family, love, and art."--BOOK JACKET.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Pub. Date
©2008
Physical Desc
xxiv, 310 pages ; 23 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.).
Language
English
Description
"For nearly four decades, Juan Felipe Herrera has documented his experience as a Chicano in the United States and Latin America through stunning, memorable poetry that is both personal and universal in its impact, themes, and approach. Often political, never fainthearted, his career has been marked by tremendous virtuosity and a unique sensibility for uncovering the unknown and the unexpected. Through a variety of stages and transformations, Herrera...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xxii, 140 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the Mexican Catholic tradition, retablos are ornamental structures made of carved wood framing an oil painting of a devotional image, usually a patron saint. Acclaimed author and essayist Rigoberto González commemorates the passion and the pain of these carvings in his new volume Red-Inked Retablos, a moving memoir of human experience and thought. González continues to expand his oeuvre on mariposa (literally, "butterfly") memory, a genre he...
Author
Series
Publisher
The University of Arizona Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
155 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A collection of short stories, each reflecting Daniel Olivas' Chicano culture, a life growing up in Los Angeles, his exposure to Jewish life as a Jew-by-choice, and his experience being the parent of a gay son. The stories are character-driven, which also ebb and flow among various styles, including magical realism, social realism, and speculative fiction"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
The University of Arizona Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xiv, 88 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Yaguareté White is a lyrical exploration of Paraguayan whiteness, or White Latinidad, or what it means to see through a colored whiteness, tangled and untidy and contradictory as that is. The book is especially interested in inheritance and legacy, imperialism and empire, family and offspring"--
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