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| Genre/Form: | Poetry |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Javier Zamora |
| ISBN: | 9781556595110 1556595115 9781619321779 1619321777 |
| OCLC Number: | 972237998 |
| Notes: | "A Lannan literary selection"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Description: | x, 94 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents: | To Abuelita Neli -- Saguaros -- From the book I made with a counselor my first week of school -- Second attempt crossing -- El Salvador -- On a dirt road outside Oaxaca -- Cassette tape -- To President-Elect -- Pump water from the well -- Instructions for my funeral -- Montage with mangoes, volcano, and flooded streets -- The pier of La Herradura -- Dancing in buses -- How to enlist -- Documentary -- ARENA -- "Don Chepe" -- Disappeared -- Rooftop -- This was the field -- Politics -- Aftermath -- For Israel and Maria de los Ángeles -- Crybaby -- Abuelita Neli's garden with parakeets named Chepito -- I don't want to speak of "Don Chepe" -- How I learned to walk -- Postpartum -- "Ponele Queso Bischo" means put cheese on it kid -- Then, it was so -- Mom responds to her shaming -- Alterations -- Aubade -- Prayer -- Abuelita says goodbye -- Let me try again -- Citizenship -- San Francisco Bay and "Mt. Tam" -- Doctor's office first week in this country -- Vows -- Nocturn -- Deportation letter -- Seeing your mother again -- Exiliados -- June 10, 1999. |
| Other Titles: | Poems. |
| Responsibility: | Javier Zamora. |
Abstract:
"This gorgeous debut speaks with heart-wrenching intimacy and first-hand experience to the hot-button political issues of immigration and border crossings"--
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