Poetry of Resistance - Voices for Social Justice

Informationen zum Autor Francisco X. Alarcón is a Chicano poet and educator, and author of twelve volumes of poetry, including From the Other Side of Night: Selected and New Poems . His most recent books are C anto hondo / Deep Song and Borderless Butterflies / Mariposas sin fronteras . He founded the Facebook page "Poets Responding to SB 1070" and teaches at University of California, Davis. Odilia Galván Rodríguez, eco-poet, writer, editor, and activist, is the author of four volumes of poetry; her latest is Red Earth Calling: Cantos for the 21st Century . She was the English edition editor of Tricontinental Magazine in Havana, Cuba. She facilitates creative writing workshops nationally and is a moderator of "Poets Responding to SB 1070" and "Love and Prayers for Fukushima," both Facebook pages dedicated to bringing attention to social justice issues that affect the lives and well-being of many people. Klappentext Poetry of Resistance offers a poetic call for tolerance, reflection, reconciliation, and healing. Bringing together more than eighty writers, the anthology powerfully articulates the need for change and the primacy of basic human rights.

Product details

• Authors: Francisco X. (EDT)/ Rodrfguez Alarc=n
• Assisted by: Francisco X. Alarcon (Editor), Francisco X Alarcón (Editor), Francisco X. Alarcón (Editor), Odilia Galvan Rodriguez (Editor), Odilia Galván Rodríguez (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9780816502790
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-0279-0
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Camino del Sol; Camino del Sol
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama