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500,000 Azaleas
Contributor(s): Huerta, Efraín (Author), Hirschman, Jack (Editor), Normington, Jim (Translator)

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 ISBN: 188068473X     ISBN-13: 9781880684733
Publisher: Curbstone Press
OUR PRICE: $22.05  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: October 2000
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Annotation: In verses that fuse highly original imagery with exuberant rhythms, Efran Huerta probes the cultures of both Mexico and "el Norte," from the impact of racism in Mississippi to political corruption in Mexico. Since he demanded for life and art the same freedom he demanded for politics, his poetry is often erotic. His poems are passionate outcries to love and justice, characterized by original metaphors and an acerbic wit that earned him the nickname "Crocodile."
"Walter Lowenfels was the first to call my attention to Huerta. Said he and Neruda were giants. Writers of colossal importance. Neruda I had read, but Huerta was to elude me all my life-that is, until now. Lowenfels was right; they're giants, both with a vision of humanity that should rightly serve as understructure for our world community. It has been worth the wait!"-Douglas Blazek
Poet and translator Jim Normington was a founding member of the American Literary Translators Association. Born in 1952, he has published widely for the past 20 years and currently teaches English at Freemont Adult School in Sacramento, California.
Efran Huerta was born was born in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico in 1914 and died in Mexico City in 1982. He was a professional journalist specializing in film criticism as well as a poet. During his lifetime he received many honors and awards, including the Palmas Academicas in France in 1945, the Villaurrutia Poetry prize in 1975, and the National Journalism Prize in 1978. "500,000 Azaleas," published with the support of the U.S.-Mexico Fund, is the first collection of his poetry in English.
Jack Hirschman was born in New York City in 1933 and has lived since 1973 in San Francisco. He haspublished more than 25 translations of poetry from eight languages. His most recent book from Curbstone Press is "Endless Threshold,"
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BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Caribbean & Latin American
Dewey: 861.62
LCCN: 00041366
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.58" W x 8.72" L (0.64 lbs) 180 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Mexican
- Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic
Features: Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/09/2001 pg. 63
 
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In verses that fuse highly original imagery with exuberant rhythms, Efra n Huerta probes the cultures of both Mexico and el Norte, from the impact of racism in Mississippi to political corruption in Mexico. Since he demanded for life and art the same freedom he demanded for politics, his poetry is often erotic. His poems are passionate outcries to love and justice, characterized by original metaphors and an acerbic wit that earned him the nickname Crocodile.
 
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