When Living Was a Labor Camp

by Diana García

"I write what I eat and smell," says Diana Garc a, and her words are a bountiful harvest. Her poems color the page with the vibrancy and sweetness of figs, the freshness of tortillas, and the sensuality of language.

In this, Garc a's first collection of poems, she takes a bittersweet look back at the migrant labor camps of California and offers a tribute to the people who toiled there. Writing from the heart of California's San Joaquin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816520437
• ISBN13: 9780816520435
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 105 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"