Healing Earthquakes: Poems - Softcover

Baca, Jimmy Santiago

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802138144 ISBN 13: 9780802138149

Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001

Synopsis

Combining a stunning lyrical intensity with a profound exploration of the human soul, Healing Earthquakes uses poetry to conjure a romance, from beginning to end. Jimmy Santiago Baca introduces us to a man and woman before they are acquainted and re-creates their first meeting, falling in love, their decision to make a family, the eventual realization of each other's irreconcilable faults, the resulting conflicts, the breakup and hostility, and, finally, their transcendence of the bitterness and resentment. Throughout the relationship we are privy to the couple's astonishing range of emotions: the anguish of loneliness, the heady rush of new love, the irritations and joys of raising children, the difficulties in truly knowing someone, the doldrums of breakup, and so on. It is impossible not to identify with these characters and to recognize one's own experience in theirs. As he weaves this story, Baca explores many of his traditional themes: the beauty and cruelty of the desert lands where he has spent much of his life, the grace and wisdom of animals, the quiet dignity of life on small Chicano farms. This is an extraordinary work from one of our finest poets.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0802138144
• ISBN 13: 9780802138149
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352