Touching the Fire

Fifteen Poets of Today's Latino Renaissance

Ray Gonzalez

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Random House USA Inc
20 January 1998

Poetry; Poetry by individual poets; Poetry anthologies

As we approach the new century, Latino poetry is in the midst of its most vital and productive period. Poetry by Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans has changed the course of contemporary American writing forever.

And it has done this by emphasizing poetry as the sound of everyday life--showing readers and other writers that the most effective manner of preserving the traditions of a culture comes from the colorful language of daily experience.

Touching the Fire recognizes the excitement of this movement by focusing on a few of its major poets, presenting a substantial portion of each poet's work.

Some of these poets--Martin Espada, Lorna Dee Cervantes, and Victor Hernandez Vruz, for example--have been writing and publishing a long time.

Some are only starting their careers.

But they were all chosen because they best represent the strongest elements of modern Latino poetry--a confidence of language in its many forms, a gift for shattering emotional honesty, and an ear for the rhythms of a vibrant culture.

Featuring the poetry of-

Sandra M. Castillo Lorna Dee Cervantes Judith Ortiz Cofer Victor Hernandez Cruz Silvia Curbelo Juan Delgado Martin Espada Diana Garcia Richard Garcia Ray Gonzalez Maurice Kilwein Guevara Juan Felipe Herrera Dionisio D. Martinez Valerie Martinez Gloria Vando

By: Ray Gonzalez
Imprint: Random House USA Inc
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9780385478625
ISBN 10: 0385478623
Pages: 316
Publication Date: 20 January 1998
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ray Gonzalez is an award-winning poet, essayist, and editor born in El Paso, Texas.He is the author of the memoir Memory Fever- A Journey Beyond El Paso del Norte, and four books of poetry. Gonzalez has edited sixteen anthologies, most recently, Muy Macho.He is assistant professor of English and Latin American studies at the University of Illinois in Chicago.

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