Emplumada
Emplumada
Lorna Dee Cervantes
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 1981
Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press
https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5
Pages: 80
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vkfn5
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Emplumada
Book Description:

Emplumadais Lorna Dee Cervantes's first book, a collection of poems remarkable for their surface clarity, precision of image, and emotional urgency. Rooted in her Chicana heritage, these poems illuminate the American experience of the last quarter century and, at a time when much of what is merely fashionable in American poetry is recondite and exclusive, Cervantes has the ability to speak to and for a large audience.

eISBN: 978-0-8229-7986-9
Subjects: Language & Literature
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  1. Front Matter
    Front Matter (pp. [i]-[viii])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.1
  2. Table of Contents
    Table of Contents (pp. [ix]-[x])
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.2
  3. I
    • UNCLE’S FIRST RABBIT
      UNCLE’S FIRST RABBIT (pp. 3-5)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.3
    • CANNERY TOWN IN AUGUST
      CANNERY TOWN IN AUGUST (pp. 6-6)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.4
    • THE ANTHILL
      THE ANTHILL (pp. 7-7)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.5
    • LOTS: I
      LOTS: I (pp. 8-8)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.6
    • LOTS: II
      LOTS: II (pp. 9-9)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.7
    • MEETING MESCALITO AT OAK HILL CEMETERY
      MEETING MESCALITO AT OAK HILL CEMETERY (pp. 10-10)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.8
    • BENEATH THE SHADOW OF THE FREEWAY
      BENEATH THE SHADOW OF THE FREEWAY (pp. 11-14)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.9
    • FOR EDWARD LONG
      FOR EDWARD LONG (pp. 15-15)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.10
    • FOR VIRGINIA CHAVEZ
      FOR VIRGINIA CHAVEZ (pp. 16-18)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.11
    • CROW
      CROW (pp. 19-19)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.12
    • COMMUNICATION
      COMMUNICATION (pp. 20-20)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.13
    • CARIBOU GIRL
      CARIBOU GIRL (pp. 21-24)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.14
  4. II
    • THE PRAYER PRESSED BETWEEN THE WAVES
      THE PRAYER PRESSED BETWEEN THE WAVES (pp. 27-27)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.15
    • FOUR PORTRAITS OF FIRE
      FOUR PORTRAITS OF FIRE (pp. 28-29)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.16
    • STARFISH
      STARFISH (pp. 30-30)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.17
    • IN JANUARY
      IN JANUARY (pp. 31-31)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.18
    • SPIDERS
      SPIDERS (pp. 32-32)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.19
    • FROM WHERE WE SIT: CORPUS CHRISTI
      FROM WHERE WE SIT: CORPUS CHRISTI (pp. 33-33)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.20
    • AN INTERPRETATION OF DINNER BY THE UNINVITED GUEST
      AN INTERPRETATION OF DINNER BY THE UNINVITED GUEST (pp. 34-34)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.21
    • POEM FOR THE YOUNG WHITE MAN WHO ASKED ME HOW I, AN INTELLIGENT, WELL-READ PERSON COULD BELIEVE IN THE WAR BETWEEN RACES
      POEM FOR THE YOUNG WHITE MAN WHO ASKED ME HOW I, AN INTELLIGENT, WELL-READ PERSON COULD BELIEVE IN THE WAR BETWEEN RACES (pp. 35-37)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.22
    • TO MY BROTHER
      TO MY BROTHER (pp. 38-38)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.23
    • FREEWAY 280
      FREEWAY 280 (pp. 39-39)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.24
    • BARCO DE REFUGIADOS
      BARCO DE REFUGIADOS (pp. 40-40)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.25
    • REFUGEE SHIP
      REFUGEE SHIP (pp. 41-41)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.26
    • POEMA PARA LOS CALIFORNIOS MUERTOS
      POEMA PARA LOS CALIFORNIOS MUERTOS (pp. 42-43)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.27
    • OAXACA, 1974
      OAXACA, 1974 (pp. 44-44)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.28
    • VISIONS OF MEXICO WHILE AT A WRITING SYMPOSIUM IN PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON
      VISIONS OF MEXICO WHILE AT A WRITING SYMPOSIUM IN PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON (pp. 45-48)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.29
  5. III
    • THIS MORNING
      THIS MORNING (pp. 51-52)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.30
    • CAFE SOLO
      CAFE SOLO (pp. 53-53)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.31
    • BEETLES
      BEETLES (pp. 54-54)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.32
    • FOR ALL YOU KNOW
      FOR ALL YOU KNOW (pp. 55-55)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.33
    • COMO LO SIENTO
      COMO LO SIENTO (pp. 56-56)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.34
    • THE BODY AS BRAILLE
      THE BODY AS BRAILLE (pp. 57-57)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.35
    • MOONWALKERS
      MOONWALKERS (pp. 58-58)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.36
    • SHELLS
      SHELLS (pp. 59-62)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.37
    • BEFORE YOU GO
      BEFORE YOU GO (pp. 63-63)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.38
    • FOR JOHN ON THE CAPE
      FOR JOHN ON THE CAPE (pp. 64-64)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.39
    • ORANGES
      ORANGES (pp. 65-65)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.40
    • EMPLUMADA
      EMPLUMADA (pp. 66-66)
      https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.41
  6. GLOSSARY OF SPANISH WORDS AND PHRASES
    GLOSSARY OF SPANISH WORDS AND PHRASES (pp. 67-68)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.42
  7. Back Matter
    Back Matter (pp. 69-70)
    https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.43