Touching the Fire: Fifteen Poets of Today's Latino Renaissance

by Ray Gonzalez

Book Overview

As we approach the new century, Latino poetry is in the midst of its most vital and productive period. Poetry by Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans has changed the course of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385478623
• ISBN13: 9780385478625
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Powerful Mix

This anthology is a powerful mix of established and emerging writers, whose work is as wide-ranging in theme and subject as it is in form. The poets were clearly chosen based on merit and I have found little that isn't titillating and exciting.