| So Often the Pitcher Goes to Water Until It Breaks: Poems Contributor(s): Gonzalez, Rigoberto (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252067983 ISBN-13: 9780252067983 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1999 Annotation: An astonishing new talent, Rigoberto Gonzalez writes with a clarity of the senses that pulls the reader into a marvelous and unfamiliar world. The sidewalk preacher, the umbrella salesman, the nurse on the graveyard shift, the professional mourner -- all allow Gonzalez a clandestine glimpse of their lives. Crackling with the dry electricity of the desert and flashing with the brilliant colon of Mexico, Gonzalez's poems are rooted in the fertile soil beneath poverty's dust, the borders violence, and longing's desolation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 98-58019 |
| Series: National Poetry Series Books (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 6" W x 8.3" (0.36 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An astonishing new talent, Rigoberto Gonz lez writes with a clarity of the senses that pulls the reader into a marvelous and unfamiliar world. The sidewalk preacher, the umbrella salesman, the nurse on the graveyard shift, the professional mourner-- all allow Gonz lez a clandestine glimpse of their lives. Crackling with the dry electricity of the desert and flashing with the brilliant colors of Mexico, Gonz lez's poems are rooted in the fertile soil beneath poverty's dust, the border's violence, and longing's desolation. |