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After 25 years in the system, from an orphanage at age five to a maximum security prison cell at 31, Jimmy Santiago Baca has become one of the most powerful literary voices in America today. Baca’s raw, sometimes guttural, sometimes tender locution
sounds out an unbroken cry for truth. I remember when you found your nose/a small, soft ornament/that itched and sneezed Throughout the playful images expressing his tender side that carried him through the years of “the system,” Baca’s raw voice emerges shouting out for the truth and pleading with his people [Latinos]…and all readers. Your mama awakens/we snuggle into her breasts/you for milk, me her flesh/ Baca’s free verse and unapologetic approach to a wide range of human, cultural, and political topics is reminiscent of another famous American poet: Walt Whitman. Like Whitman, Baca’s plea is for us to take action: remember the way life unfolded before lost innocence, show compassion, be tender and at the same time stand strong, speak out, and forever speak the truth. I believe/your steps are acts of love against cruise missiles,/ |
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Western Edge/Sherman Asher Publishing |