Looking out, looking in : anthology of Latino poetry / Edited by William Luis ; cover design by Mora Design.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Luis, William, editor.

Design, Mora, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--Hispanic American authors.

American poetry.

American poetry--19th century.

American poetry--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Houston, Texas : Arte Público Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The poems included in this comprehensive anthology run the gamut of styles and themes, but all are by Latinos writing from the mid- twentieth century to the present. Some deal with issues specific to the Hispanic experience, such as displacement, identity and language. Others ponder universal concerns, such as love, family and humanity. In "Letter to Arturo," Mexican-American poet Lucha Corpi pens a song of love to her son: "You've hardly left / and already I miss the light / caress of your hands / on my hair, / and your laughter and your tears, / and all your questions / about seas, / moons and deserts. / And all my poems / are tying themselves together / in my throat."More than 60 Latino poets are represented in this wide-ranging collection that focuses on poetry from the four largest groups in the United States: Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans, Puerto Ricans and Dominican Americans.Included are distinguished poets such as Julia Álvarez, Gloria Anzaldúa, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Martín Espada and Pedro Pietri, as well as less well-known writers who deserve more recognition. Whether writing about timeless issues or themes specific to their community, the poets in this volume craft a multilayered look at what it means to be Latino in the United States. Looking Out, Looking In is an indispensable and welcome addition to American and Latino literatures.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Latino Poetry and Distinctiveness; Jack Agüeros; Psalm for the Next Millennium; Sonnets for the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Long Time among Us; Miguel Algarín; A Mongo Affair; El jibarito moderno; Nuyorican Angel of Records; Alurista (Alberto Baltazar Urista); Tarde sobria; do u remember; cornfields thaw out; Julia Alvarez; Homecoming; Dusting; Bilingual Sestina; Exile; Hairbands; Gloria Anzaldúa; White-wing Season; Woman Alone; To live in the Borderlands means you*; Don't Give In, Chicanita*; Naomi Ayala; Immigrant's Voice; Jimmy Santiago Baca; Pinos Wells; Roots

A Daily Joy to Be AlivePoem VI; Ruth Behar; The Jewish Cemetery in Guanabacoa; Richard Blanco; America; Bárbara Brinson Curiel; Recipe: Chorizo con Huevo Made in the Microwave; José Antonio Burciaga; Poema en tres idiomas y caló; Julia de Burgos; To Julia de Burgos*; My, Oh My, Oh My of the Nappy-Haired Negress*; Poem for My Death*; Rafael Campo; Belonging; XVI. The Daughter of My Imagination; Aida; Ana Castillo; Not Just Because My Husband Said; Sandra Castillo; Rincón; I Brought Abuelo Leopoldo Back from the Dead and Moved Him to Miami; Leavings; Carolota Caulfield

Stolen Kisses Are the SweetestLLetter from Lucrezia Borgia to Her Confessor; Lorna Dee Cervantes; To We Who Were Saved by the Stars; Lucha Corpi; Caminando a solas; Walking Alone; Labor de retazos; Patchwork; Carta a Arturo; Letter to Arturo; Carlos Cumpían; Kilotons and Then Some; Abelardo "Lalo" Delgado; Stupid America; Martín Espada; Black Train through the Ancient Empire of Chicago; Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction; Niggerlips; Blas Falconer; The Given Account; Hubble's Law; The Battle of Nashville; A Warm Day in Winter; Proof; Lighter,; Alicia Gaspar de Alba

After 21 Years, A Postcard from My FatherSor Juana's Litany in the Subjunctive; Confessions; Lourdes Gil; Outline for a Cuban Folk-Dance; Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales; I Am Joaquín: an Epic Poem; Ray González; Memory of the Hand; Franklin Gutiérrez; Helen; Martha at the Edge of Desire*; Maria and the Others*; Victor Hernández Cruz; Going Uptown to Visit Miriam; Three Days/out of Franklin; The Physics of Ochun; Carolina Hospital; El Trópico; Dear Tía; An Unexpected Conversion; The Child of Exile; The Hyphenated Man; Sorting Miami; Freedom; Blake in the Tropics; Geography Jazz

How the Cubans Stole MiamiÁngela de Hoyos; Woman, Woman; When Conventional Methods Fail; Gabriela Jáuregui; Fresa; Wasabi Kanastoga; Havana Blues; Forgotten Memory; Tato Laviera; jesús papote; tito madera smith; AmeRícan; lady liberty; my graduation speech; tesis de negreza; nideaquinideallá; Caridad de la Luz (La Bru-j-a); Ahora y siempre; Mi madre; Nuyorico; S. P. I. C.; Demetria Martínez; Nativity: For Two Salvadoran Women, 1986-1987; Hit and Run; Julio Marzán; The Translator at the Reception for Latin American Writers; Arresting Beauty; Ethnic Poetry; The Old Man; Pablo Medina

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61192-519-3

OCLC:

939263338