A Poet's Love
by Jimmy Santiago Baca • from Selected Poems of Jimmy Santiago Baca • New Directions
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Jimmy Santiago Baca
Jimmy Santiago Baca is a poet, novelist, screenwriter, and an advocate for literacy, libraries, and prisoner education.
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Selected Poems of Jimmy Santiago Baca"Baca has always been a poet of multitudes in the American way. But now it is obvious that his reach goes further..." (Ilan Stavans)
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"Today, it seems to me, this isolation and communion question, as it relates to society and politics, has one formulation that is most important. Society certainly permits and in fact requires participation, but does it do so only at the cost of agreement to preordained structures and behaviors that are non-negotiable? In other words, can you only participate if you agree?"
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"On Being Brought from Africa to America" by Phillis Wheatley, as Poetry Daily concludes its 2009 Poet's Pick series for web readers.
