Mora, Pat
Nepantla Essays from the Land in the Middle Pat Mora - Alburquerque, New Mexico University of New Mexico Press 1993 - 181 p.
Includes index.
Bienvenidos -- The border: a glare of truth -- Endangered species -- Used furniture -- The dance within my heart -- Desert women -- Remembering Lobo -- My fierce mother -- A conversation with my three -- Snapshots: Puerto Vallarta -- Reading poetry in Pakistan -- Island images: the Dominican Republic -- A haze in Guatemala -- Escribe, escribe -- Poet as Curandera -- Unseen teachers -- To Gabriela, a young writer -- Emerging voices: the teaching of writing -- Universities: a mirage? -- A poet for President.
This award-winning writer negotiates nepantla -- a Nahuatl word meaning land in the middle -- by exploring the personal issues and political responsibilities she faces as a woman of color in the United States.
0826314546
Mora, Pat Biography
American Poets 20th Century --Biography
Mexican American Civilization
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Nepantla Essays from the Land in the Middle Pat Mora - Alburquerque, New Mexico University of New Mexico Press 1993 - 181 p.
Includes index.
Bienvenidos -- The border: a glare of truth -- Endangered species -- Used furniture -- The dance within my heart -- Desert women -- Remembering Lobo -- My fierce mother -- A conversation with my three -- Snapshots: Puerto Vallarta -- Reading poetry in Pakistan -- Island images: the Dominican Republic -- A haze in Guatemala -- Escribe, escribe -- Poet as Curandera -- Unseen teachers -- To Gabriela, a young writer -- Emerging voices: the teaching of writing -- Universities: a mirage? -- A poet for President.
This award-winning writer negotiates nepantla -- a Nahuatl word meaning land in the middle -- by exploring the personal issues and political responsibilities she faces as a woman of color in the United States.
0826314546
Mora, Pat Biography
American Poets 20th Century --Biography
Mexican American Civilization
811.54 Mor 47