Poetry. SKIN TAX is a powerful print debut of a poet with a mature and complex talent immersed in the themes of a young male wrestling with his sensitivity and his desire for love and affection, and the societal pressure surrounding male sexuality, violence, and machismo. Emotionally wrenching dilemmas are transformed through Hernandez's verbal sorcery, a style marked by the taut sounds of an established performance poet mixed with an accomplished lyricism grounded in the harsh realities of the Central Valley. "Tim ...
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Poetry. SKIN TAX is a powerful print debut of a poet with a mature and complex talent immersed in the themes of a young male wrestling with his sensitivity and his desire for love and affection, and the societal pressure surrounding male sexuality, violence, and machismo. Emotionally wrenching dilemmas are transformed through Hernandez's verbal sorcery, a style marked by the taut sounds of an established performance poet mixed with an accomplished lyricism grounded in the harsh realities of the Central Valley. "Tim Hernandez's language is alive. He leaps from the page. It struts, it storms, it seduces"-Linda Watanabe McFerrin.
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Add this copy of Skin Tax to cart. $76.68, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2004 by Heyday Books.
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