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Promesas : geography of the impossible / Gloria Vando.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vando, Gloria, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Puerto Ricans--Poetry.
- Puerto Ricans.
- New York (N.Y.)--Poetry.
- New York (N.Y.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (84 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Houston, Texas : Arte Publico Press, 1993.
- Summary:
- This collection of poetry explores the disparity between promises and reality, especially as seen from the vantage point of Hispanic Americans from the time of Columbus to the present.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- I. In the Dark Backward
- Fire
- My Mother Cunning Yet Innocent
- My Father, on the Other Hand
- Moving Pictures
- Practitioner
- Malcriada
- Divorce
- Confianzuda
- Sailor Suit
- Visiting Day at School
- Prayer
- Letters from My Sister
- Latchkey Kid
- In the Dark Backward
- Coping Skills
- My Life as a Book of Fiction
- II. On This Bitch of an Earth
- Legend of the Flamboyán
- Cry Uncle
- Cante Jondo
- Nuyorican Lament
- Orphans
- At My Father's Funeral
- Annunciations
- Field Day
- Commonwealth, Common Poverty
- Psychomachia
- New York City Mira Mira Blues
- III. Singing the Land
- An Other Island
- Out of Bounds in Kansas
- Santa Fe Journey
- Faith
- Graffito
- Glimpses of Light
- HE2-104: A True Planetary Nebula in the Making
- Learning My Name
- Glossary.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5185-0301-2
- 1-5185-0204-0
- OCLC:
- 987101781
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