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First edition. |
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1 online resource (92 pages) : illustrations |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
San Antonio Poet Laureate Carmen Tafolla captures her hometown and#x0097; the city of her ancestors for the past three centuries and#x0097; in poems that celebrate its history as a cosmopolitan multilingual cultural crossroads. Discover San Antonio's corazón in Tafolla's poetry, accompanied by historic and contemporary photographs that convey its enduring sense of place. The little river that has charmed so many rises at and#x0093;the biological hub of the northern half of this hemisphere (Dr. Karen Stothert) in a spring that Frederick Law Olmsted described as being and#x0093;among the gems of the natural world. A century ago, San Antonio gave Oscar Wilde and#x0093;a thrill of strange pleasure. J. Frank Dobie claimed that and#x0093;every Texan has two hometowns and#x0097; his own and San Antonio, and Will Rogers declared it to be and#x0093;one of the three unique cities of America. To Larry McMurtry, and#x0093;San Antonio has kept an ambiance that all the rest of our cities lack. Carmen Tafolla calls forth the soul of this place and#x0097; the holy home of the waters, called Yanaguana by los Indios and#x0097; and celebrates the many cultures that have made of it and#x0093;un rebozo bordado de culturas y colores. |
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San Antonio (Tex.) -- Poetry.
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POETRY -- American -- Hispanic American.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry.
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Texas -- San Antonio.
(OCoLC)fst01205169
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Poems. Selections
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tafolla, Carmen, 1951- Poems. Selections. This river here. First edition 9781609403997 (DLC) 2014007524 (OCoLC)871228585 |
| ISBN |
9781609404024 (electronic bk.) |
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1609404025 (electronic bk.) |
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9781609404000 (electronic bk.) |
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1609404009 (electronic bk.) |
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9781609404017 (kindle-mobipocket electronic bk. : alk. paper) |
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1609404017 (kindle-mobipocket electronic bk. : alk. paper) |
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