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Cipota under the moon : poems / Claudia Castro Luna.
Van Pelt Library PS3603.A88835 C576 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Castro Luna, Claudia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American poetry--21st century.
- American poetry.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 118 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Moon : poems
- Place of Publication:
- San Fernando, CA : Tía Chucha Press, [2022]
- Language Note:
- Text in English and some text in Spanish.
- Summary:
- "In Cipota under the Moon, Claudia Castro Luna scores a series of poems as an ode to the Salvadoran immigrant experience in the United States. The poems are wrought with memories of the 1980s civil war and rich with observations from recent returns to her native country. Castro Luna draws a parallel between the ruthlessness of the war and the violence endured by communities of color in US cities; she shows how children are often the silent, unseen victims of state-sanctioned and urban violence. In lush prose poems, musical tankas, and free verse, Castro Luna affirms that the desire for light and life outweighs the darkness of poverty, violence, and war. Cipota under the Moon is a testament to the men, women, and children who bet on life at all costs and now make their home in another language, in another place, which they, by their presence, change every day." --Amazon.com.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Rio Sucio
- Agua de Beber
- Via Lactea
- El Salvador 1980
- Syndrome
- Shade Grown
- In the Vault of Your Hands
- Vamos a la Escuela
- Garrison
- Tyranny of the Milky Way
- Hija de los Dias
- This Is Not a Poem
- Dios Madre
- For Alfredo Espino
- Caravans
- Angelitos
- Dead and Alive
- Presagio
- Of the New Place
- 2. Flareup
- El Salvador, January 1981
- Aqui Estoy
- Chubasco
- Arrested Delight
- Golden
- Wake
- Cloven Moon
- Farmers Market
- Less and Less
- Epicurean Matters
- Urban Renewal
- A Note from the Eastern Front
- Guanaco Tales
- What Work Is
- Trigger Me a Memory
- Held
- Noticias
- Civitas
- Altars on the Streets
- Loteria de los Pobres y Valientes
- Monsenor Romero
- Alchemist
- Luminescence
- Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Pupusa
- Sometimes You Are Permitted a Return
- 3. Pura Vida
- Ask the Bees
- Day Stamp
- Bruja
- Milpa
- Sometimes You are Permitted a Return
- Ensalada
- Koky's Song
- Silent Valentine
- A Natural Act
- Perros de Luna
- Meditation on the Color Purple
- Minuta
- The Way of Peace
- Sol de Noche
- Cipota Bajo La Luna
- Aguacatero
- Caliche
- May God Grant You a Good Day
- Lento
- Childhood Syntax
- Rafters
- Tinta Florida
- Aqui Nada Mas
- 4. On Translation
- Visions of Gladness
- Witness
- Surafel
- Ofrenda
- Assiduously
- No More Short Yardsticks to Measure My Days
- Clearest of Nights
- Suenos
- My Father's Garden
- Curcubita Maxima
- Gravity
- On Citizenship
- Mitico//Mythic
- Leave the Gate Open on Your Way Out.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1882688619
- 9781882688616
- OCLC:
- 1292970421
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