Thunderweavers =
Subtitle: Tejedoras de rayos
By: Juan Felipe Herrera.
Series: Camino del sol
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng; spa
Number of pages: 73
Subjects: Indian women -- Poetry.; Maya women -- Poetry.; Mayas -- Poetry.; Mexico -- Poetry.
Genres: Poetry.
Other titles: Tejedoras de rayos
Description: "In the winter of 1997, paramilitary agents ambushed and killed many Mayan villagers in Acteal, Chiapas. Writer Juan Felipe Herrera has composed a bilingual poem sequence written in response and homage to those who died, as well as to all those who call for peace and justice in the Mexican highlands and throughout the Americas."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: English and Spanish.
Table of contents: title: Xunka: the lost daughter; title: Pascuala: mother among thunder; title: Maruch: grandmother of the roads; title: Makal: daughter of the drums; title: Xunka: la hija perdida; title: Pascuala: la madre entre los rayos; title: Maruch: la abuela de las veredas; title: Makal: la hija de los tambores.