On This Side of the Desert

"This debut book of poetry describes the experience of being raised in southern California as a child of Mexican immigrants in the shadow of the borderlands. Just as the borderlands are defined by the desert, so, too, are its inhabitants defined by their families, their culture shaped from the clay of the Sonoran desert and given life by the nourishing water of their ancestors. In these poems, the desert is recognized for what it truly is-a living, breathing body filled with both joy and pain"--

שנה

2020

שפה

English

הוצאה

The Kent State University Press

מהדורות

3

עמודים

72

ISBN

9781606354063

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata