From the Cables of Genocide: Poems on Love and Hunger [Paperback]

Lorna Dee Cervantes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1991

This collection confirms Cervantes' stature as a poet as she stretches the resources of language, imagery and the dialectics of love, hunger and aesthetics to express a penetrating feminist and human vision of her universe. "Cervantes is a poet with a clear, strong voice... Her work is refreshing and deceptively simple, reflecting love of language and music. She manages all this without sacrificing the humor, power, and complexity of themes she explores as a female, Latina-American, lover, intellectual, and writer..." (Jessica Hagedorn).

Editorial Reviews

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Abortion
Buckshot
The Captive's Verses
Colorado
Colorado Blvd
Continental Divide
Daffodils
Death Song
Drawings: For John Who Said To Write About True Love
Europa And Calafia
Fisherman
Flatirons
Hotel
The House He Falls In Love With
Lapiz Azul
The Last Meal
Le Petit Mal
The Levee: Letter To No One
Litost
Love Of My Flesh, Living Death
Macho
My Dinner With Your Memory
Night Stand
Ode To A Ranger
On Finding The Slide Of John In The Garden, 1973
On Locomotion
On Love And Hunger
On Speaking To The Dead
On The Fear Of Going Down
On The Last Anniversary
On Touring Her Hometown
Persona Ingrata
Pleiades From The Cables Of Genocide
Plenos Poderes
The Poet Is Served Her Papers
Point Lobos
Politeness Takes Her Turn
Raisins
Santa Cruz
Shooting The Wren
To We Who Were Saved By The Stars
Valentine
Walking Around
Y Volver
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

From the Publisher

Winner of the Paterson Poetry Prize and the Latino Literature Prize.

Product Details

• Paperback: 78 pages
• Publisher: Arte Publico Press (May 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558850333
• ISBN-13: 978-1558850330
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #868,613 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #10 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Literature & Fiction > Books & Reading > Women Writers & Feminist Theory

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars rare level of art and commitment and life, October 17, 2002

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Tony Thomas (SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From the Cables of Genocide: Poems on Love and Hunger (Paperback)

Lorna is rare in her craft, in her ability to transmit the reality of life, to situate that in a way that opens to those who do not immediately share her experiences, but at the same time place this where it belongs in her undiminished political commiment not just to the struggle of chicanas and indigenous people, but the general struggle the oppressed face around the world. Even if you are oblivious to politics, gender, Chicana power, you will find yourself seeing your own life more clearly in her words about hers.
A great book for teachers, particularly in community colleges and high schools. She writes about the real life working class students, particularly young women face, not about the normal white middle class alienation too many of our good poets seem to dwell on. This book belongs in every book shelf, in every home.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An extraordinary collection., July 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: From the Cables of Genocide: Poems on Love and Hunger (Paperback)

This book has been around for awhile, and I've yet to read a poetry book by a Chinana who surpasses this writer's scope in subject and language. With a strong voice and a keen ear for rhtyhm, this is a masterpiece in the growing canon of Mexican American letters.