So Often the Pitcher Goes to Water Until it Breaks

Gonzalez, Rigoberto

ISBN 10: 0252067983 / ISBN 13: 9780252067983

Published by University of Illinois Press, 1999

About this Item

Presents the poems that are rooted in the fertile soil beneath poverty's dust, the border's violence, and longing's desolation. Series: National Poetry S. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3887 x 203. Weight in Grams: 163. . 1999. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: So Often the Pitcher Goes to Water Until it Breaks
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0252067983
• ISBN 13: 9780252067983
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

An astonishing new talent, Rigoberto González writes with a clarity of the senses that pulls the reader into a marvelous and unfamiliar world. The sidewalk preacher, the umbrella salesman, the nurse on the graveyard shift, the professional mourner— all allow González a clandestine glimpse of their lives. Crackling with the dry electricity of the desert and flashing with the brilliant colors of Mexico, González's poems are rooted in the fertile soil beneath poverty's dust, the border's violence, and longing's desolation.
 

About the Author

Rigoberto Gonzalez was born in Bakersfield, California, and raised in Michoacan, Mexico, the son and grandson of migrant farm workers. Educated at the University of California at Riverside and at Davis and at Arizona State University, he was awarded a University Award from the Academy of American Poets.