Poetry.Spanish (untranslated), English and Spanglish. First published in 1984 by Arte Publico, SHAKING OFF THE DARK has become one of the classics of Chicano literature. This new, corrected edition features poems not included in the first edition, as well as an introduction and bibilography. These poems are thoughtful, angry, perceptive, and address such topics as art, time, love, oppression, history, and language itself. Distraught,/mad-eyed from told formulas/bound to rule my easy ways,/I look, I see,/but fail once more ...
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Poetry.Spanish (untranslated), English and Spanglish. First published in 1984 by Arte Publico, SHAKING OFF THE DARK has become one of the classics of Chicano literature. This new, corrected edition features poems not included in the first edition, as well as an introduction and bibilography. These poems are thoughtful, angry, perceptive, and address such topics as art, time, love, oppression, history, and language itself. Distraught,/mad-eyed from told formulas/bound to rule my easy ways,/I look, I see,/but fail once more to know. In his failure to know, however, Villanueva provides us a gorgeous window onto the worlds he sees so sharply. So arise, Chicano, he extorts, arise from the shadow of Nothingness;/arise from that neverending Nada of servitude./The problem is we live by other people's words (from Speak Up, Chicano, Speak Up). Villanueva does speak up, creating poems to counter other people's words. A recipient of the American Book Award, Villanueva lives in Boston and teaches at Boston University.
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80 pages. Poems in English and Spanish. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Inscribed by the author to the previous owner on the title page.
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Near Fine. Inscribed by Villanueva to noted Latin American literature scholar Monique J. Lemaitre! Paperback, 1998, octavo, 101pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with mild edgewear and rubbing to wrap, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ. Text in English and Spanish.
