Copyright Date:
2000
Edition Date:
2000
Release Date:
01/01/00
Pages:
81 pages
ISBN:
1-558-85292-1
ISBN 13:
978-1-558-85292-1
Dewey:
811
Dimensions:
22 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist
(Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 CST 2000)
Interlaced with Mexican phrases and cultural symbols, these powerful selections, representing more than 15 years of work, address bicultural life and the meaning of family. Mora speaks very much from an adult perspective, but her poems are about universal experiences--the pleasures of eating pizza and mango, and the cultural significance of both; the wrenching experience of witnessing poverty. Mixed in are personal poems that ask the vital question, Where am I from? more directly. Mora answers in poems that reach back through her own experiences with motherhood (specifically mothering teenagers) and across generations to the landscape of her ancestors. The rich, symbolic imagery, raw emotion, and honesty will appeal to mature teens, and young writers will find inspiration in the warm introduction addressed to Dear Fellow Writer, and its challenge to Listen to your inside self, your private voice . . . explore the wonder of being alive. (Reviewed March 15, 2000)
School Library Journal
Gr 9 Up-Mora has selected poems from her adult collections and added some new ones. She speaks of her own experience as a Latina in the Southwest, and of the experiences of those people whose lives have touched her own. Using the metaphor of a cactus, she has grouped the selections into three sections: "Blooms" (of loves and joys), "Thorns" (of hardships and sorrows), and "Roots" (of family, wisdom, home, and strength). She has chosen poems with themes that are accessible to, yet challenging for teens, a few of which appear in both English and Spanish. Occasional footnotes explain historical references or Spanish phrases. The introduction encourages young writers, as do the poems themselves. This anthology speaks to a young adult audience, and it should find many readers.-Nina Lindsay, Oakland Public Library, CA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
Readers of all ages have long admired Pat Mora's extraordinary literary gifts. Her poems and prose works alike, written for both adults and younger readers, have received awards and critical acclaim for their grace, luminosity, and craftsmanship.
a secret
Mango juice
First love
Maybe
Silence like cool sand
Ode to pizza
For Georgia O'Keeffe
The young sor Juana
The desert is my mother
El desierto es mi madre
Poinsettia
Graducation morning
Family ties
Match
Mothers and daughters
Picturesque: San Cristobal de las Casas
1910
Border town: 1938
Fences --Peruvian child
Petals
Los petalos
Immigrants
Los inmigrantes
Abuelita's ache
Two worlds
Elena
Learning English: chorus in many voices
Mush
Sugar
Same song
No substitutes
To my son
Cissy in a bonnet
Goblin
Good-byes
Tigua elder
Desert women
Tejedora maya
Bribe
Leyenda
Abuelita magic
Village therapy
Los ancianos
En la sangre
In the blood
Puesta del sol
Maestro
Pushing 100
Oral history
Tomas Rivera
Strong women
Senora X no more
Gentle communion
Foreign spooks
A voice
Tree-wsdom
Bosque del Apache
Senior citizen trio
Now and then, America.
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