Letters from the headwaters / Aaron A. Abeyta ; edited by John Hausdoerffer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abeyta, Aaron A., author.

Contributor:

Hausdoerffer, John, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry--History and criticism.

Poetry.

Authors, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gunnison, Colorado : Western Press Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through epistolary essays and poems, American Book Award- and Colorado Book Award-winning author and poet Aaron A. Abeyta captures the soul of the cultural and geographical crossroads of the driest quadrant in the nation, the Colorado headwaters, source to all the rivers in the southwestern and mid-western United States. Originating from and expanding on the themes of twenty-five years of "Headwaters" conferences at Western State Colorado University, these essays and poems embrace the region's past while also exploring the struggles of a present that seeks a sustainable future for the borderlands that define the very cross-cultural essence of the American experience.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Editor�s Note""; ""Foreword""; ""The Sky Knows Itself�Place""; ""A Letter to the Headwaters from This Place""; ""A Letter to Guillermo Concerning Why I Must Write""; ""A Letter About Memory on my Abuelito�s 87th Birthday""; ""A Letter to K. Translating Spanish""; ""A Letter to K. About Rain and Hammers""; ""a letter from my journal to juan""; ""What Innate Star Guided Her�Hope""; ""A Letter to the Headwaters About Blackbirds, Hollow Core Doors and Other Gifts""; ""An Open Letter Upon Seeing the Stars In A New Way""

""To Whom It May Concern (Cami I):""""A Letter to the Graduating Class of 2008, Coronado High School, Gallina, New Mexico""; ""A Letter to an Adopted Son""; ""A Letter, Of Sorts, To My Agapetos Somatiko Eidei""; ""Staying is Losing�Outsiders""; ""A Letter to the Headwaters from the Sovereign Banks of the Conejos""; ""A Letter from the Confluence of a Very Old River, Ghosts, and a Few Brief Moments of Light""; ""A Letter to the Headwaters About Remembering My Father in the Future,""

""A Letter for the Unidentified Mexican National Who Died at 5:00 p.m. Somewhere Between San Luis and Manassa, His Van Rolling 3�Times""""Some Measure of Mercy�Justice""; ""A Letter to the Headwaters Regarding a Boy�s Memory""; ""To Whom It May Concern (Cami II):""; ""A letter to the parents of the San Luis Valley""; ""A Letter to the Headwaters from the Radical Center""; ""a letter to Pablo about hope""; ""Ella�The Land""; ""A Letter to the Headwaters Concerning What is Not There""; ""A Letter to Leopold Upon Reading “The River of the Mother of God�""

""An Open Letter on December 20th""""It is Our Imperfections�Resilience""; ""A Letter to the Headwaters from My River Dream,""; ""A Letter to Mumper from a 4:00 a.m. Campus""; ""A letter to the Men of Troy Concerning the Nature of Joy""; ""A Letter to the Men of Troy""; ""A Letter to Guillermo, Having Missed His Call""; ""A Letter to the Antonito High School Graduating Class of 2013 Regarding Their Book of Dreams, Happiness and Other Perpetual Things""; ""A Letter to the Men of Troy, Where I Explain A Few Things""; ""A Letter Regarding the Palace of Lost Fish""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781607323631

160732363X

OCLC:

891383029