Selected Poems of Angela de Hoyos [Multiple Languages]

By Angela de Hoyos

In "How to Eat Crow on a Cold Sunday Morning," renowned Mexican-American poet Angela de Hoyos suggests "you start on the wings / nibbling / apologetic-like" before moving to the dry, tough giblets and on to the "gall bladder / -that green bag of biliousness- / wants to gag your throat / in righteous retribution" making you wish that you had "learned how to eat / a pound of prudence / instead." Tension between people-men and women, Chicanos and Anglos-is a frequent theme in de Hoyo's work. Clear and accessible, her poems about relations between the sexes are universal in their appeal. Many eloquently convey women's issues and feelings. "Men, she said / sometimes / in order to / say it / it is / necessary / to spit / the word." This collection showcases the work of a beloved literary activist who gave voice to marginalized communities. Born in Mexico, de Hoyos spent most of her life in San Antonio, Texas, where she saw firsthand Chicanos' loss of language, identity and trad

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Multiple Languages
• ISBN: 1558858075
• ISBN13: 9781558858077
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Arte Publico Press
• Length: 274 Pages