num_pages: 182
description: Baca passionately explores the troubled years of his youth, from which he emerged with heightened awareness of his ethnic identify as a Chicano, his role as a witness for the misunderstood tribal life of the barrio, and his redemptive vocation as a poet.
language: English
title: Working in the Dark: Reflections of a Poet of the Barrio
titlecomplete: Working in the Dark: Reflections of a Poet of the Barrio (Red Crane Literature Series)
genres: Memoir, Nonfiction, Poetry
ratings_count: 65
publisher: Red Crane Books