Lorna Dee Cervantes
Series: Pitt Poetry Series
Copyright Date: 1981
Published
by: University of Pittsburgh Press
Pages: 80
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vkfn5
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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Front Matter Front Matter (pp. [i]-[viii])https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.1 -
Table of Contents Table of Contents (pp. [ix]-[x])https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.2 -
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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
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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
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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
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GLOSSARY OF SPANISH WORDS AND PHRASES GLOSSARY OF SPANISH WORDS AND PHRASES (pp. 67-68)https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.42 -
Back Matter Back Matter (pp. 69-70)https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt5vkfn5.43