Between Two Worlds [Paperback]

Americo Paredes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1990

This landmark collection is a life's work in poetry by the famous folklorist, novelist and mentor of at least two generations of Chicano scholars and writers. Comprised of a selection of Paredes' poems from the 1930s and 1940s, some of which were published in Texas newspapers, the poetry has both historical and literary merit.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"... angry and beautiful and bitter and sensual, filled with longing and futility." -- Texas Books in Review

Africa
Ahi Nomas
All Together Now
Army Of Occupation Types: The Civil Service Girl
Army Of Occupation Types: The Shit-house Analyst
Army Of Occupation Types: The Writer
At Night
Bolero
Carolina
Claro De Luna
Deep Canyon
Doubt
Esquinita De Mi Pueblo
Flute Song
From A Traveler's Diary
Gamagori
Guitarreros
Hello Goodbye Hello
Homecoming
If You Let Me Kiss Your Lips
Korea
Lines For A Birthday Card
Lines To Be Read Over My Sixty-fifth Birthday
The Mexico-texan
Midafternoon
Moonlight On The Rio Grande
Mukden Incident
Night On The Flats
Orange Grove
Pipo's Song
Pito Perez's Epitaph
Poems For Paleontologists: 1
Poems For Paleontologists: 2
Poems For Paleontologists: 3
Prayer
A Prayer For One's Forty-fifth Birthday
The Rio Grande
Rose Petals
Second Thoughts
Song For A Flute Of Clay
Song In Red Flat
Song Of The Gigolo
Time Runs
To A Wac Officer
The Travelers
Westward The Couse Of Empire
Winter In April
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Language Notes

Text: English, Spanish

Product Details

• Paperback: 142 pages
• Publisher: Arte Publico Press (January 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558850228
• ISBN-13: 978-1558850224
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #907,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #12 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Literature & Fiction > World Literature > United States > Hispanic

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1.0 out of 5 stars This book of poetry does not do Americo Paredes justice, July 13, 2009

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This review is from: Between Two Worlds (Paperback)

Paredes was about in his twenties when he began writing the poems seen in this book. He comes across as if he is trying too hard! And the title, who was suggested by someone else should not have been used because it isn't just about being "between two worlds" unless you take it for face value in the fact he writes his poems in both spanish and english. I felt like Americo came across as a struggling poet who did not know how to structure his poems and played with too many different ideas. He has better books, this one I would not reccomend unfortunately.