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The Tijuana book of the dead : poems / Luis Alberto Urrea.
Van Pelt Library PS3571.R74 A6 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Urrea, Luis Alberto.
- Standardized Title:
- Poems. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mexican-American Border Region--Poetry.
- Mexican-American Border Region.
- North America--Mexican-American Border Region.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 197 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : Soft Skull Press, an imprint of Counterpoint, [2015]
- Summary:
- "From the author of Pulitzer-nominated The Devil's Highway and national bestseller The Hummingbird's Daughter comes an exquisitely composed collection of poetry on life at the border. Weaving English and Spanish languages as fluidly as he blends cultures of the southwest, Luis Urrea offers a tour of Tijuana, spanning from Skid Row, to the suburbs of East Los Angeles, to the stunning yet deadly Mojave Desert, to Mexico and the border fence itself. Mixing lyricism and colloquial voices, mysticism and the daily grind, Urrea explores duality and the concept of blurring borders in a melting pot society"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Exordium 1
- You Who Seek Grace from a Distracted God 3
- CE 9
- Listen 11
- Valley of the Palms 13
- Codex Luna 17
- Siege Communiqué 26
- Arizona Lamentation 28
- Sombra 30
- Typewriter 31
- Skunks 36
- Fall Rain 42
- Irrigation Canal Codex 43
- Help Me 47
- Walking Backward in the Dark 51
- Roadmaster '56 56
- Poema 58
- Tecolote Canyon 59
- OME 67
- 48 Roadsongs 69
- Sonoran Desert Sutras 84
- YEI 91
- Teocalli Blues 93
- Ditch Turtles 96
- The Duck 98
- Elk 105
- La cara perdida 106
- There Is a Town in Mexico 107
- Song of Praise 109
- Love Song 112
- Definition 114
- Bravo 88 115
- Codex Colibrí 120
- The Signal-to-Noise Ratio: Chicago Haiku 123
- (asshole) 127
- Incident Report 135
- Canción al final de un día de sombras 142
- Lines for Neruda 145
- Pinche Ernesto 148
- Tijuana Codex 149
- The Tijuana Book of the Dead 150
- NAHUI 159
- Insomnia Machine 161
- 16 Lane 162
- Darling Phyl 188
- HYMN 191
- Hymn to Vatos Who Will Never Be in a Poem 193.
- ISBN:
- 1619024829
- 9781619024823
- OCLC:
- 881666068
- Publisher Number:
- 99962615618
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