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Books by Claribel Alegria






Halting Steps
Collected and New Poems
by Claribel Alegria
Paperback, 332 Pages, Published 2013 by Curbstone Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-2919-1, ISBN: 0-8101-2919-1

"Halting Steps represents the most complete single-volume retrospective in English of Claribel Alegría’s seven-decade career. The volume collects all of Alegría’s poems from her fourteen previously published books and debuts several new poems under the title “Otherness.” Alegría was born in Nicaragua during the United States occupation of that country. Alegría’s family opposed the occupation and moved to El Salvador, where she grew up. H ..."






Death of Somoza(1st Edition)
by Darwin J. Flakoll, Claribel Alegria
Paperback, 162 Pages, Published 1996 by Curbstone Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-880684-26-9, ISBN: 1-880684-26-8

"Death of Somoza reveals the inside story of the assassination of Somoza in Asuncion, Paraguay in 1980. Alegria and Flakoll, on the recommendation of Julio Cortazar, met "Ramon," a leader in the Argentinian Revolutionary Workers' Party (PRT) and with his help were able to interview all the survivors of the commando team that carried out the "bringing to justice" of Somoza. Alegria and Flakoll then rewove these testimonies into a narrativ ..."






Otredad | Otherness Paperback
by Claribel Alegria, Claribel Alegrã­A, Fred Whitehead .
Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 2014 by West End Press 2014-05-15
ISBN-13: 978-0-9826968-8-0, ISBN: 0-9826968-8-4

"Claribel Alegría is one of the great voices in twentieth-century Latin American poetry. In this volume, she separates her writing from her daily existence: "She who writes is the other one.""






Woman Of The River(1st Edition)
Bilingual edition (Pitt Poetry (Paperback)) (English and Spanish Edition)
by Claribel Alegria, Darwin Flakoll, Ronald Blythe
Paperback, 95 Pages, Published 1988 by University Of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-5409-5, ISBN: 0-8229-5409-5

"In Woman of the River one of the major voices in Latin American poetry confronts the political realities of contemporary Central America.  Many of the poems are political, direct, and condemnatory of the United States’ presence in Latin America, and they are rich, human documents rooted in Alegria’s knowledge of and love for her subjects.  As Carolyn Forche has written of Alegria’s previous selection of poems, Flowers from the Volcano: ..."






Sorrow(1st Edition)
by Claribel Alegria, Carolyn Forche, Claribel Alegrã­A
Paperback, 104 Pages, Published 1999 by Curbstone Books
Unabridged
ISBN-13: 978-1-880684-63-4, ISBN: 1-880684-63-2

"In "Sorrow, "Claribel Alegria plumbs the depths of grief and wrests hope from pain and memory in lyrics written as love letters to her deceased husband. The poems not only summon their shared past in vivid detail, but also ponder the meaning of death and separation, and the yearning for eventual reunion."






Tunnel to Canto Grande(1st Edition)
The Story of the Most Daring Prison Escape in Latin American History
by Darwin J. Flakoll, Claribel Alegria
Paperback, 193 Pages, Published 1996 by Curbstone Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-880684-34-4, ISBN: 1-880684-34-9

"Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 193 pages; Description: 193 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Canto Grande (Prison) . Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru. Prisons--Peru--Canto Grande."






Thresholds / Umbrales(1st Edition)
Bilingual poems (Spanish and English Edition)
by Claribel Alegria, Darwin J. Flakoll
Paperback, 70 Pages, Published 1996 by Curbstone Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-880684-36-8, ISBN: 1-880684-36-5

"This bilingual edition of poems from El Salvador's most beloved poet moves in imagery between Central America and the world, between childhood's safety in the ceiba tree's shade and the journey through time that the speaker must take. The translation lovingly preserves the lyricism of the original language, a moving and memorable collection. "






On The Front Line(1st Edition)
Guerilla Poems of El Salvador
by Claribel Alegria, Darwin J. Flakoll
Paperback, 72 Pages, Published 1995 by Curbstone Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-915306-86-2, ISBN: 0-915306-86-7

"More than poetry of combat, this bilingual edition is a record of the struggles, hopes and dreams of a war-torn country, providing a vivid description of the recent struggles in El Salvador. "






Ashes of Izalco(1st Edition)
by Darwin J. Flakoll, Claribel Alegria, Claribel Alegrã­A
Paperback, 174 Pages, Published 1995 by Curbstone Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-915306-84-8, ISBN: 0-915306-84-0

"Written in two voices, Ashes of Izalco is a collaborative novel by Claribel Alegrfa and Darwin Flakoll, a love story set against the events of 1932 when thirty thousand Indians and peasants were massacred in Izalco, El Salvador. Ashes of Izalco brings together a Salvadoran woman and an American man who together struggle over issues of love, loyalty and socio-political injustices. "






They Won't Take Me Alive
Salvadoran Women in Struggle for National Liberation
by Claribel Alegria
Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1990 by Womens Pr Ltd
ISBN-13: 978-0-7043-4028-2, ISBN: 0-7043-4028-3

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Luisa in Realityland
a Novel - signed - signiert
by Claribel Alegria, Claribel Alegrã­A
Paperback, 152 Pages, Published 1988 by Curbstone Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-915306-69-5, ISBN: 0-915306-69-7

"Luisa, a young girl growing up in El Salvador tries to adapt to her country's violent and changing character"






Flowers from the Volcano
(Pitt Poetry Series)
by Claribel Alegria, Carolyn Forche
Paperback, 87 Pages, Published 1983 by Univ Of Pittsburgh Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-5344-9, ISBN: 0-8229-5344-7

"1982 First. New. Flowers from the Volcano (Pitt Poetry Series)"






The World Within(1st Edition)
Writers Talk Ambition, Angst, Aesthetics, Bones, Books, Beautiful Bodies, Censorship, Cheats, Comics, Darkness, Democracy, Death, ... Men, Old Boys' Network, Oprah, Outcasts...
by Editor-Win Mccormack, Lee Montgomery, Holly Macarthur, Jeanne Mcculloch, Rob Spillman, Michelle Wildgen, Claribel Alegria, Tin House Books, Sherman Alexie, Tracy Chevalier, Charles D'ambrosio, Lydia Davis, Anita Desai
Paperback, 350 Pages, Published 2007 by Tin House Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-9776989-6-7, ISBN: 0-9776989-6-3

"The World Within pulls aside the curtain on a variety of literary personalities and careers, presenting frank, funny, and informal discussions with Sherman Alexie, Francine Prose, George Saunders, Mark Strand, and others. Writers discuss craft, literary theft, dry spells, what they do besides writing, and more. The World Within gathers twenty of the freshest, funniest, and most intriguing interviews in the history of Tin House. Featurin ..."






Nino Que Buscaba a Ayer
(the Boy Who Was Looking for Yesterday)
by Claribel Alegria
Turtleback, Published 1997 by Demco Media
ISBN-13: 978-0-606-21739-2, ISBN: 0-606-21739-8






Nino Que Buscaba a Ayer/Boy Who Searched for Yesterday
by Claribel Alegria
Published 1995
ISBN-13: 978-0-613-14002-7, ISBN: 0-613-14002-8






Fugues
by Claribel Alegria
143 Pages, Published 1995 by Northwestern University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-3292-4, ISBN: 0-8101-3292-3

"... hago aquí tan lejos de mi tierra? y me asaltó un temblor cuando crucé el umbral: mi primer terremoto haciéndome erupción en las capas jurásicas y encontré a la madre a los hijos al hermano a Perséfone a Kali y a Tlaloc y seguía la noche ..."






Family Album
Three Novellas
by Claribel Alegria
Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 1991 by Curbstone Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-915306-72-5, ISBN: 0-915306-72-7






Fiction International 16.2(16th Edition)
Central American Writing
by Harold Jaffe, Claribel Alegria, Roque Dalton, Patricia Eakins, Larry Mccaffery, Et Al.
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1986 by Sdsu Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-879691-88-9, ISBN: 1-879691-88-4

"The theme for this issue of Fiction International is Central American Writing. The writings and art in this issue come from Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba and the United States. We have included the United States because it represents a grim constant - political and military intervention - in the variable histories of these Latino-Indian countries."






Fiction International 15.1
Writing and Politics
by Claribel Alegria, Samuel Delaney, Tom Robbins, Fanny Howe, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Federman, J. M. Coetzee, Et Al., Harold Jaffe, Larry Mccaffery
Paperback, 214 Pages, Published 1984 by Sdsu Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-916304-94-2, ISBN: 0-916304-94-9

"The theme for this edition of Fiction International is Writing and Politics. It features a forum/discussion of the theme and fiction, reviews and art from leading international writers, poets and artists."






Flowers from the Volcano(1st Edition)
(Pitt poetry series)
by Claribel Alegria, Carolyn Forche
Hardcover, 87 Pages, Published 1983 by University Of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-3469-1, ISBN: 0-8229-3469-8

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