City of a hundred fires /

An exploration in verse of rites of passage within the Cuban-American culture shows how a combined nostalgia for a lost world and a daily confrontation with American culture leads to self-awareness.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blanco, Richard, 1968- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Spanish
Language Notes:Some poems in English and in Spanish.
Published: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1998]
Series:Pitt poetry series.
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Description
Summary:An exploration in verse of rites of passage within the Cuban-American culture shows how a combined nostalgia for a lost world and a daily confrontation with American culture leads to self-awareness.
Item Description:"1997 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize"--Page [1].
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy is inscribed by the author.
Physical Description:x, 74 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Also issued online.
ISBN:0822956837
9780822956839
0822940833
9780822940838
0822956861
9780822956860