Half of the world in light new and selected poems /

"For nearly four decades, Juan Felipe Herrera has documented his experience as a Chicano in the United States and Latin America through stunning, memorable poetry that is both personal and universal in its impact, themes, and approach. Often political, never fainthearted, his career has been ma...

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Main Author: Herrera, Juan Felipe.
Format: Audio
Language: English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2008]
Physical Description: xxiv, 310 pages ; 23 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Series: Camino del sol.
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Online Access: Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • A Certain Man
  • Rebozos of Love
  • We Have Woven
  • Sudor de Pueblos
  • On Our Back
  • Exiles of Desire
  • Facegames
  • Akrilica
  • Night Train to Tuxtla
  • The Roots of a Thousand Embraces: Dialogues
  • Love After the Riots
  • Border-Crosser with a Lamborghini Dream
  • Loteria Cards and Fortune Poems: A Book of Lives
  • Thunderweavers/Tejedoras de rayos
  • Giraffe on Fire
  • Notebooks of a Chile Verde Smuggler
  • The Five Elements.