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Featuring historic photos of the Chicano Movement in San Antonio and a new introduction, this is the 30th-anniversary edition of Carmen Tafolla’s first solo poetry collection. Having filled a cultural and linguistic void in 1983, when it was first published, this compilation showcases the poet's creation of a literary language from the natural Spanish and English code-switching of the barrios of San Antonio. Banned in Arizona along with many other multicultural books, this work celebrates bilingual and bicultural diversity and the power of individual imagination while simultaneously examining social inequities. Many poems from this book have been widely anthologized throughout the past three decades.

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“Tafolla is a pioneer of Chicana literature.” —Ana Castillo, poet, I Ask the Impossible

“A world-class writer.” —Alex Haley, author, Roots: The Saga of an American Family

“Curandera is magic and wonder.” —Norma E. Cantú, author, Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera

Curandera

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    A Paperback / softback by Carmen Tafolla, Norma E. Cantu

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      Publisher: Wings Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/09/2012
      ISBN13: 9781609402372, 978-1609402372
      ISBN10: 1609402375
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      Literary studies: poetry and poets

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Featuring historic photos of the Chicano Movement in San Antonio and a new introduction, this is the 30th-anniversary edition of Carmen Tafolla’s first solo poetry collection. Having filled a cultural and linguistic void in 1983, when it was first published, this compilation showcases the poet's creation of a literary language from the natural Spanish and English code-switching of the barrios of San Antonio. Banned in Arizona along with many other multicultural books, this work celebrates bilingual and bicultural diversity and the power of individual imagination while simultaneously examining social inequities. Many poems from this book have been widely anthologized throughout the past three decades.

      Trade Review
      “Tafolla is a pioneer of Chicana literature.” —Ana Castillo, poet, I Ask the Impossible

      “A world-class writer.” —Alex Haley, author, Roots: The Saga of an American Family

      “Curandera is magic and wonder.” —Norma E. Cantú, author, Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera

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