num_pages: 104
description: Fiercely moving, the two long narrative poems of Martín &amp; Meditations on the South Valley revolve around the semi-autobiographical figure of Martin, a mestizo or "detribalized Apache." Fiercely moving, the two long narrative poems of Martín &amp; Meditations on the South Valley revolve around the semi-autobiographical figure of Martin, a mestizo or "detribalized Apache." Abandoned as a child and a long time on the hard path to building his own family, Martin at last finds his home in the stubborn and beautiful world of the barrio. Jimmy Santiago Baca "writes with unconcealed passion," Denise Levertov states in her introduction, “but he is far from being a naive realist; what makes his writing so exciting to me is the way in which it manifests both an intense lyricism and that transformative vision which perceives the mythic and archetypal significance of life-events."
language: English
title: Martín and Mediations on the South Valley: Poems
titlecomplete: Martín and Mediations on the South Valley: Poems
genres: Banned Books, Read For School, Poetry
ratings_count: 316
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: American Book Award
publisher: New Directions