From acclaimed fiction writer and book critic, Daniel A. Olivas, comes his first collection of poetry, Crossing the Border. These narrative poems delve deeply into the many ways we cross borders of race, culture, language, religion, and privilege. With humor and pathos, Olivas draws from his own life and from the stories of others to serve as a witness to the great variety of experiences that make us human. With grace and eloquence, he invites readers to cross these borders with him on this intense but necessary journey.
Tabla de materias
Acknowledgments
Crossing the Border
Papa’s Car
Las Dos Fridas
Letters to Norco
St. Francis Dam, March 12, 1928
King
Tezcatlipoca’s Glory
The House
Western Wallflower
Pico Boulevard, October 1972
A Good Job
Green Soldier
Lindy
Gato
Barrow’s Goldeneye
The Brown Bomber
Hot Tuesday on Rinaldi
Outside the Box
Sad Gray House
West Coast Jazz Marriage
Why Did You Believe?
Writer
¡Xicano!
Slip Dream
What They Do
Georgina S. Francisco is a Friend of Mine
Sisyphus Explains
Wonder Bread
Woman Gets Probation in Child Neglect Case
Papa Wrote
Hidden in Abuelita’s Soft Arms
American Heritage Two-Step
Reading Bukowski in San Pedro
Blood, Frogs
The Slack-Jawed Night
La Tormenta at the Lost Souls Café
Source Acknowledgments
Author’s Note Regarding Accents and Italics
About the Author
Sobre el autor
Daniel A. Olivas, the grandson of Mexican immigrants, is an award-winning author of eight books . Olivas earned his degree in English literature from Stanford University, and law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. Since 1990, he has served as an attorney in the California Department of Justice’s Public Rights Division. Olivas and his wife make their home in Los Angeles and are the parents of an adult son.
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