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- Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: University of Arizona Press
- Series: Camino del Sol
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and the PEN/Beyond Margins Award
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 marked by tremendous virtuosity and a unique sensibility for uncovering the unknown and the unexpected. Through a variety of stages and transformations, Herrera has evolved more than almost any other Chicano poet, always re-inventing himself into a more mature and seasoned voice.
Now, in this unprecedented collection, we encounter the trajectory of this highly innovative and original writer, bringing the full scope of his singular vision into view. Beginning with early material from A Certain Man, the volume moves through thirteen of Herrera’s collections into new, previously unpublished work. Serious scholars and readers alike will now have available to them a representative set of glimpses into his production as well as his origins and personal development. The ultimate value of bringing together such a collection, however, is that it will allow us to better understand and appreciate the complexity of what this major American poet is all about.
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 marked by tremendous virtuosity and a unique sensibility for uncovering the unknown and the unexpected. Through a variety of stages and transformations, Herrera has evolved more than almost any other Chicano poet, always re-inventing himself into a more mature and seasoned voice.
Now, in this unprecedented collection, we encounter the trajectory of this highly innovative and original writer, bringing the full scope of his singular vision into view. Beginning with early material from A Certain Man, the volume moves through thirteen of Herrera’s collections into new, previously unpublished work. Serious scholars and readers alike will now have available to them a representative set of glimpses into his production as well as his origins and personal development. The ultimate value of bringing together such a collection, however, is that it will allow us to better understand and appreciate the complexity of what this major American poet is all about.
Table of Contents
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- A Certain Man
- A Certain Man
- p. 3
- Gallery of Time
- p. 8
- Rebozos of Love We Have Woven Sudor de Pueblos On Our Back
- Quetzalcóatl No Sorrow
- pp. 12-13
- Ipal Nemohuani
- p. 14
- Los chapulines verdes vuelan
- pp. 15-17
- Arizón maricopa tempe tu tierra roja
- pp. 18-19
- Vamos a cantar
- p. 20
- Exiles of Desire
- Black Tenor on Powell Street
- pp. 25-26
- Children of Space
- p. 27
- The Dreamboxer
- pp. 28-30
- Module Metropolis: Documents
- pp. 32-33
- Literary Asylums
- pp. 34-36
- War Voyeurs
- pp. 39-40
- Facegames
- Inside the Jacket
- p. 44
- Crescent Moon on a Cat’s Collar
- pp. 45-46
- Inferno St.
- p. 48
- Foreign Inhabitant
- pp. 53-54
- Akrílica
- The Boy of Seventeen
- p. 60
- Quentino’s Journal: Fragments
- pp. 64-72
- Exile Boulevard
- pp. 73-77
- 24th & Autumn
- pp. 78-80
- Radio Couples
- p. 83
- Night Train to Tuxtla
- Night Train to Tuxtla
- pp. 105-106
- One Is for Maáx, One Is for Jabalí
- pp. 112-113
- City Paint
- pp. 126-129
- Norteamérica, I Am Your Scar
- pp. 130-133
- Fuselage Installation
- p. 134
- Writing by the Hand
- pp. 135-136
- The Sea During Springtime
- pp. 137-140
- Iowa Blues Bar Spiritual
- pp. 141-143
- Letter to the Hungry Students of Berlin
- pp. 147-154
- The Roots of a Thousand Embraces: Dialogues
- IV. Jade Mother Goddess
- p. 158
- IX. Tropical Parrots
- p. 159
- XIX. The Game of Color
- p. 161
- XXXVII. The Mirror in the Canopy
- pp. 163-164
- Love After the Riots
- 7:30 pm/Thursday
- p. 167
- Border-Crosser with a Lamborghini Dream
- Young Kuramoto
- p. 183
- Lotería Cards and Fortune Poems: A Book of Lives
- La Lotería
- p. 191
- El Ferrocarril
- p. 197
- La Serpiente
- p. 198
- La Víctima
- p. 200
- Thunderweavers / Tejedoras de rayos
- Giraffe on Fire
- Giraffe on Fire
- pp. 223-229
- Beneath Your Skin
- p. 230
- Bajo tu piel
- pp. 231-232
- Notebooks of a Chile Verde Smuggler
- New York City Angelic: Josh, My Son, Said
- pp. 236-237
- Undelivered Letters to Víctor: #10
- pp. 240-241
- June Journals 6-5-88
- p. 242
- June Journals 6-13-88
- p. 244
- June Journals 6-25-88
- p. 245
- The Five Elements
- Fisher of Poets
- p. 253
- Follow Różewicz
- p. 254
- La Plazita
- p. 258
- Water Water Water Wind Water
- pp. 259-260
- The Glue Under
- pp. 263-267
- I Walk Back Nowhere
- pp. 273-274
- Artist Paints a Flower
- p. 277
- We Sip Tea and Spoon Gruel
- pp. 278-279
- Yard Sale in Mid-April
- p. 280
- I Forget the Date
- p. 281
- Enter the Void
- pp. 282-284
- A Chagall Appears
- pp. 286-287
- A Percentage Will Survive
- pp. 288-289
- Let Me Tell You About My Father, She Says
- pp. 291-294
- This Is My Last Report
- pp. 295-296
- 19 Pokrovskaya Street
- p. 300
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 303-308
- Contents of Audio CD
- pp. 309-310
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816533091
Related ISBN(s)
9780816527038
MARC Record
OCLC
933516672
Pages
334
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2008