Borrowed Bones

Trade Paper – $12.95
ISBN 978-0-8101-3364-8Publication Date
April 2016
Categories
Page Count
48 pages
Trim Size
5 x 7
ISBN
0-8101-3364-4
Borrowed Bones
New Poems from the Poet Laureate of Los Angeles
Foreword by Martín Espada
This chapbook collection offers new poems from the prolific career of a community leader, activist, and healer. Luis J. Rodríguez’s work asks profound questions of us as readers and fellow humans, such as, "If society cooperates, can we nurture the full / and healthy development of everyone?" In his introductory remarks, Martín Espada describes the poet as a man engaged in people and places: "Luis Rodríguez is a poet of many tongues, befitting a city of many tongues. He speaks English, Spanish, ‘Hip Hop,’ ‘the Blues,’ and ‘cool jazz.’ He speaks in ‘mad solos.’ He speaks in ‘People’s Sonnets.’ He speaks in the language of protest. He speaks in the language of praise."
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