On This Side of the Desert
Publisher: The Kent State University Press; Kent State University Press
Published: Sep 08, 2020
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781606354063
Description: "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"--
Notes: Source title: On This Side of the Desert (Wick First Book)