Karankawa(1st Edition) (Pitt Poetry Series) by IlianaRocha Paperback, 84 Pages, Published 2015 by University Of Pittsburgh Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-6384-4, ISBN: 0-8229-6384-1
"Winner of the 2014 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry Selected by Joy Harjo Karankawa is a collection that explores some of the ways in which we (re)construct our personal histories. Rich in family narratives, myths, and creation stories, these are poems that investigate passage—dying, coming out, transforming, being born—as well as the gaps that also reside in our stories, for, as Rocha suggests, the opportunity to create myths is provided ..."
"Yes, there is barbecue, but that’s just one course of the meal. With Vinegar and Char the Southern Foodways Alliance celebrates twenty years of symposia by offering a collection of poems that are by turns as sophisticated and complex, as vivid and funny, and as buoyant and poignant as any SFA gathering.The roster of contributors includes Natasha Trethewey, Robert Morgan, Atsuro Riley, Adrienne Su, Richard Blanco, Ed Madden, Nikky Finney ..."
Karankawa by IlianaRocha 72 Pages, Published 2015 by University Of Pittsburgh Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-8110-7, ISBN: 0-8229-8110-6
"First and last, these are poems that honor our griefs and desires, for they keep alive the very things we cannot possess."
""""Este libro surge de la necesidad de unir nuestras diversas voces en un solo espacio. Como escritoras nacidas en la década de los setenta nos reúne, simplemente, un anhelo que es, a la vez, un desafío: nuestra literatura, la literatura de todos. El presente volumen no pretende ser una antología crítica exhaustiva, sino una pequeña muestra generacional que permita vislumbrar las coordenadas de un vasto territorio creativo. No sobra acl ..."