{"product_id":"emplumada-paperback","title":"Emplumada - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLorna Dee Cervantes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 1982 American Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmplumada\u003c\/i\u003e is Lorna Dee Cervantes's first book, a collection of poems remarkable for their surface clarity, precision of image, and emotional urgency. Rooted in her Chicana heritage, these poems illuminate the American experience of the last quarter century and, at a time when much of what is merely fashionable in American poetry is recondite and exclusive, Cervantes has the ability to speak to and for a large audience.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLorna Dee Cervantes\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1954. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFrom the Cables of Genocide: Poems on Love and Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEmplumada\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), which won an American Book Award. She is also co-editor of \u003ci\u003eRed Dirt\u003c\/i\u003e, a cross-cultural poetry journal, and her work has been included in many anthologies including \u003ci\u003eUnsettling America: An Anthology of Contemporary Multicultural Poetry, No More Masks! An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Women Poets\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAfter Aztlan: Latino Poets of the Nineties\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1995 she received a Lila Wallace- \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e Writers' Award. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 8.02 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 1981\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50322949800173,"sku":"9780822953272","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/cOpGl_OPcx9780822953272.webp?v=1784814248","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/emplumada-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}