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Copper Canyon Press
April 2010
On Sale: April 1, 2010
124 pages
ISBN: 1556592973
EAN: 9781556592973
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Fiction Poetry
ldquo;To write well about your life, you need to have a life
worth writing about. On that score, Saacute;enz hits pay
dirt.rdquo; - Booklistldquo;A former Catholic priest, this
poet creates prayerful verse that is at once mystical and
utterly human.rdquo; - The Washington PostPoet, novelist,
and popular YA writer Benjamin Alire Saacute;enz writes to
the core truth of lifersquo;s ever-shifting memories. Set
along the Mexican border, the contrast between the
desertrsquo;s austere beauty and the brutality of border
politics mirrors humanityrsquo;s capacity for both
generosity and cruelty. In his numbered series
ldquo;Meditation on Living in the Desert,rdquo; Saacute;enz
turns to memory, heritage, and a host of literary
progenitors as he directly confronts matters of faith, civil
rights, and contemporary politics-always with the
unrelenting moral urge to speak truth and do something.I am
looking at a book of photographs. The photographs document
the exodus of Mexicans crossing the desert. I am staring at
the face of a woman who is more a girl than a woman. She is
handing her documents to a government official.I know and
you know and we all know that the documents are forged. The
official is not in the photograph.Only the frightened eyes
of a girl.A former Catholic priest who worked with Mother
Teresa, Benjamin Alire Saacute;enz has published five books
of poetry, four novels, a collection of short stories, and
two bilingual childrenrsquo;s books. He received the
American Book Award and teaches in the bilingual MFA program
at University of Texas, El Paso.
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