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A Place to Stand (edizione 2002)

di Jimmy Santiago Baca (Autore)

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Biography & Autobiography. Language Arts. Nonfiction. HTML: *The Pushcart Prize�??winning poet's memoir of his criminal youth and years in prison: a "brave and heartbreaking" tale of triumph over brutal adversity (The Nation).* Jimmy Santiago Baca's "astonishing narrative" of his life before, during, and immediately after the years he spent in the maximum-security prison garnered tremendous critical acclaim. An important chronicle that "affirms the triumph of the human spirit," it went on to win the prestigious 2001 International Prize (Arizona Daily Star). Long considered one of the best poets in America today, Baca was illiterate at the age of twenty-one when he was sentenced to five years in Florence State Prison for selling drugs in Arizona. This raw, unflinching memoir is the remarkable tale of how he emerged after his years in the penitentiary�??much of it spent in isolation�??with the ability to read and a passion for writing poetry. "Proof there is always hope in even the most desperate lives." �??Fort Worth Star-Telegram "A hell of a book, quite literally. You won't soon forget it." �??The San Diego U-T "This book will have a permanent place in American letters." �??Jim Harrison, New York Times�??bestselling author of A Goo… (altro)

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Utente:	arethusarose
Titolo:	A Place to Stand
Autori:	Jimmy Santiago Baca (Autore)
Info:	Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press (2002), Edition: Reprint, 272 pages
Collezioni:	Moved on
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The prose felt a bit forced at times, other than that this was a compelling read and served to further my passion for adult education and literacy in particular. (

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mkclane | Jul 31, 2015 |

A testament to how writing and literature can transform lives. Baca's grim memoir of a tragic childhood, some bad (although perhaps understandable) choices during his troubled youth, and his five-year stretch in a horrendous prison is both grueling and riveting. While it is true his prose isn't up to the standard of his poetry, the power behind his redemption through writing and literature more than makes up for it. This is not for the faint-hearted, for the violence is graphic and brutal, and Baca doesn't look away from the awful facts of prison life. This is not a book of easy morality, and I was left ambiguous both about some of Baca's decisions, and some of his attitudes. However, what is clear is that it's a miracle anyone could have survived much of what Baca experienced, let alone go on to be an award-winning poet and an inspiration for others to transform their lives as well. The book may be flawed, as the man may be (aren't we all?), but its value lies in the witness it bears to a man's ability to overcome rejection, abuse, addiction, violence, cruelty, heartbreak, despair and himself, to be worthwhile and useful in the world. (

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Laurenbdavis | Jul 10, 2010 |

A memoir of a Chicano boy of an alcoholic father, abandoned by his mother to his grandparents. Then at 5 or 6 his grandfather died. He spent the next 20 years in institutions, except for brief forays of trying to make it on his own. It was a life of abandonment, violence, and drugs capped by five years in maximum security prison. The story is actually about how he kept hold of himself through it all and his salvation in poetry. For the past 30 years he has been a successful poet and author. The story is well told and engaging. (

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snash | Mar 31, 2010 |

Lent to me by Jane Reed. This is an amazing book about Baca's transformation from drug dealer to poet. (

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kjacobson1 | Jan 22, 2010 |

Lent to me by Jane Reed. This is an amazing book about Baca's transformation from drug dealer to poet. (

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pipster | Sep 29, 2008 |

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Jimmy Santiago Baca

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Full title (2001): A place to stand : the making of a poet / Jimmy Santiago Baca

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Biography & Autobiography. Language Arts. Nonfiction. HTML:

The Pushcart Prize�??winning poet's memoir of his criminal youth and years in prison: a "brave and heartbreaking" tale of triumph over brutal adversity (The Nation).

Jimmy Santiago Baca's "astonishing narrative" of his life before, during, and immediately after the years he spent in the maximum-security prison garnered tremendous critical acclaim. An important chronicle that "affirms the triumph of the human spirit," it went on to win the prestigious 2001 International Prize (Arizona Daily Star).

Long considered one of the best poets in America today, Baca was illiterate at the age of twenty-one when he was sentenced to five years in Florence State Prison for selling drugs in Arizona. This raw, unflinching memoir is the remarkable tale of how he emerged after his years in the penitentiary�??much of it spent in isolation�??with the ability to read and a passion for writing poetry.

"Proof there is always hope in even the most desperate lives." �??Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"A hell of a book, quite literally. You won't soon forget it." �??The San Diego U-T

"This book will have a permanent place in American letters." �??Jim Harrison, New York Times�??bestselling author of A Goo