Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems [With CD]

by Juan Felipe Herrera

Book Overview

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and the PEN/Beyond Margins Award For nearly four decades, Juan Felipe Herrera has documented his experience as a Chicano in the United States and Latin America through stunning, memorable poetry that is both personal and universal in its impact, themes, and approach. Often political, never fainthearted, his career has been marked by tremendous virtuosity and a unique sensibility for uncovering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816527032
• ISBN13: 9780816527038
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"