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- Poetry of Resistance: Voices for Social Justice
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: University of Arizona Press
- Series: Camino del Sol
summary
On April 20, 2010, nine Latino students chained themselves to the main doors of the Arizona State Capitol in an act of civil disobedience to protest Arizona’s SB 1070. Moved by the students’ actions, that same day Francisco X. Alarcón responded by writing a poem in Spanish and English titled “Para Los Nueve del Capitolio/ For the Capitol Nine,” which he dedicated to the students. The students replied to the poem with a collective online message. To share with the world what was taking place, Alarcón then created a Facebook page called “Poets Responding to SB 1070” and posted the poem, launching a powerful and dynamic forum for social justice.
Since then, more than three thousand original contributions by poets and artists from around the globe have been posted to the page. Poetry of Resistance offers a selection of these works, addressing a wide variety of themes, including racial profiling, xenophobia, cultural misunderstanding, violence against refugees, shared identity, and much more. Contributors include distinguished poets such as Francisco Aragón, Devreaux Baker, Sarah Browning, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Susan Deer Cloud, Sharon Dubiago, Martín Espada, Genny Lim, Pam Uschuk, and Alma Luz Villanueva.
Bringing together more than eighty writers, the anthology powerfully articulates the need for change and the primacy of basic human rights. Each poem shows the heartfelt dedication these writers and artists have to justice in a world that has become larger than borders. Poetry of Resistance is a poetic call for tolerance, reflection, reconciliation, and healing.
Since then, more than three thousand original contributions by poets and artists from around the globe have been posted to the page. Poetry of Resistance offers a selection of these works, addressing a wide variety of themes, including racial profiling, xenophobia, cultural misunderstanding, violence against refugees, shared identity, and much more. Contributors include distinguished poets such as Francisco Aragón, Devreaux Baker, Sarah Browning, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Susan Deer Cloud, Sharon Dubiago, Martín Espada, Genny Lim, Pam Uschuk, and Alma Luz Villanueva.
Bringing together more than eighty writers, the anthology powerfully articulates the need for change and the primacy of basic human rights. Each poem shows the heartfelt dedication these writers and artists have to justice in a world that has become larger than borders. Poetry of Resistance is a poetic call for tolerance, reflection, reconciliation, and healing.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. xiii-2
- Invocation
- pp. 5-7
- Borderless Compassion
- pp. 8-9
- End of an Affair
- pp. 12-15
- Tattoo SB 1070
- pp. 18-19
- Listen Child
- p. 29
- The Flag of Touch
- pp. 30-31
- Border Ghost of Sonora
- pp. 32-33
- Awakening at Night
- p. 34
- On the Border, We Dream
- pp. 37-38
- Niño traga fuegos
- p. 39
- Olmecan Eyes
- p. 40
- Del puente al arco
- p. 41
- The New West
- p. 44
- To Be a Pocha or Not to Be
- pp. 46-47
- Capitol Poetry
- p. 48
- Your America, My Turtle Island
- pp. 49-50
- Before the World Wakes
- pp. 51-52
- A Ceremony for Reclaiming Language
- pp. 56-57
- Border Crossing
- pp. 63-65
- Isabel’s Corrido
- pp. 68-69
- Giving Voice
- p. 70
- Border Inquest Blues
- pp. 71-72
- Immigrant Crossing
- pp. 75-76
- The Ones Who Live On
- pp. 77-78
- La Virgen de las Calles
- pp. 79-80
- Mi bandera / My Flag
- pp. 81-82
- Cerrando Herida
- p. 85
- Juan Mercado
- pp. 87-88
- Kim ayu (Vení pa’ca)
- p. 89
- Where We Belong
- p. 90
- Arizona Green (Manifesto #1070)
- pp. 93-94
- Our Children Are Not Anchors
- pp. 96-97
- Grave Song for Immigrant Soldier
- pp. 98-100
- The Same Thing
- pp. 101-102
- The Remembered
- p. 103
- The Border Crossed Us
- pp. 104-105
- Trespasser Shoes
- p. 106
- Insist and Resist
- p. 107
- On Issues of Aliens and Immigration
- pp. 110-111
- Arizona Goddam!
- pp. 115-117
- Ghost Town: 24 Hours B4 Arizona’s SB 1070
- pp. 123-124
- Outlaw Zone
- p. 125
- Fading Memories
- p. 126
- I Am America
- pp. 127-131
- Reasonable Suspicion
- pp. 132-133
- Who Cares?
- p. 134
- Here to Stay
- p. 134
- Diluyamos las fronteras
- pp. 135-137
- That Indian Man You See on the Hospital Bed
- pp. 138-144
- Lo Prohibido
- p. 145
- If You Leave Your Shoes
- p. 148
- Chook Son, Arizona
- pp. 149-151
- Be Fearless: Choose Love
- p. 156
- Desaparecidos
- p. 157
- The Sacred Stone
- pp. 158-159
- Arizona Lamentation
- p. 162
- Stalking the Divine Under a Desert Full Moon
- pp. 163-165
- No Consolation for Lidia
- p. 166
- Los Desaparecidos
- p. 170
- Breathing While Brown
- pp. 171-172
- Always Here
- pp. 173-174
- Sestina for Illegal Widows
- pp. 177-178
- Why I Feel the Way I Do About SB 1070
- pp. 182-184
- Contributors
- pp. 185-197
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816533879
Related ISBN(s)
9780816502790
MARC Record
OCLC
936521524
Pages
215
Launched on MUSE
2016-02-05
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2016