| Description |
197 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Contents |
Exordium. You who seek grace from a distracted God -- Ce. Listen ; Valley of the palms ; Codex luna ; Siege Communique ; Arizona lamentation ; Sombra ; Typewriter ; Skunks ; Fall rain ; Irrigation canal codex ; Help me ; Walking backward in the dark ; Roadmaster ; Poema ; Tecolote Canyon -- Ome. 48 roadsongs ; Sonoran Desert sutras -- Yei. Teocalli blues ; Ditch turtles ; The duck ; Elk ; La cara perdida ; There is a town in Mexico ; Song of praise ; Love song ; Definition ; Bravo 88 ; Codex colibri ; The signal-to-noise ratio: Chicago haiku ; (asshole) ; Incident report ; Cancion al final de un dia de sombras ; Lines for Neruda ; Pinche Ernesto ; Tijuana codex ; The tijuana book of the dead -- Nahui. Insomnia machine ; 16 lane ; Darling Phyl -- Hymn. hymn to vatos who will never be in a poem. |
| Summary |
"From the author of Pulitzer-nominated The Devil's Highway and national bestseller The Hummingbird's Daughter comes an exquisitely composed collection of poetry on life at the border. Weaving English and Spanish languages as fluidly as he blends cultures of the southwest, Luis Urrea offers a tour of Tijuana, spanning from Skid Row, to the suburbs of East Los Angeles, to the stunning yet deadly Mojave Desert, to Mexico and the border fence itself. Mixing lyricism and colloquial voices, mysticism and the daily grind, Urrea explores duality and the concept of blurring borders in a melting pot society"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Mexican-American Border Region -- Poetry.
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| ISBN |
9781619024823 |
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