Poemas Selectos/Selected Poems [Spanish]

by Jimmy Santiago Baca

Book Overview

Champion of the International Poetry Slam, winner of the Before Columbus American Book Award, the International Hispanic Heritage Award, the Pushcart Prize, and the prestigious International Award, Jimmy Santiago Baca has been writing as a mestizo (part Native American, part Mexican) and an outsider ever since he learned to read and write--in English--during a six-year Federal prison sentence when he was in his twenties. Drawing on his rich ethnic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 0811218163
• ISBN13: 9780811218160
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.9"