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Sown in Earth : essays on memory and belonging / Fred Arroyo.
Van Pelt Library PS3601.R725 S69 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arroyo, Fred, 1966- author.
- Series:
- Camino del sol
- Camino del sol, a Latina and Latino literary series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Puerto Ricans--United States.
- Puerto Ricans.
- United States.
- Hispanic American men.
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 270 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "A collection of autobiographical stories that honor the working, migratory, and often forgotten or silenced lives of men, stemming from Fred Arroyo's father"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part I Connecticut
- 85 Reed Avenue p. 9
- Dracula p. 21
- Intervals: If I Were a Bell p. 23
- Roytype p. 31
- World on a String p. 34
- Peppers p. 37
- Patina p. 40
- Newfoundland p. 42
- How My Father Taught Me to Write p. 48
- Like a Thief in the Night p. 52
- Part II Michigan
- Trash Truck p. 59
- Puerto Rican House p. 65
- Almost Blue p. 73
- Always True p. 81
- Blue in Green p. 86
- Farmer's Creek p. 97
- Sown in Earth p. 118
- Blue Memory p. 135
- Part III Island
- Up Jumped Spring p. 141
- Ox in the Dusk p. 145
- Ají Duke p. 154
- Patio Dreams p. 160
- Part IV Out of This World
- Grand Marais p. 171
- Next Country p. 195
- Album p. 208
- Working Days p. 218
- Nights in the Gardens of Spain p. 223
- Calle de Santiago p. 235
- Sofrito p. 247
- Freight p. 251
- Pulsar Watches p. 254
- Blood Work p. 256
- Other Side of Memory p. 265
- Paraíso p. 267.
- ISBN:
- 9780816539512
- 0816539510
- OCLC:
- 1125278917
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