14 : Antologia del Sonoran
A Poetry Box Chapbook Prize Selection Twenty-six Mexican migrants were discovered in the Sonoran desert near Yuma, Arizona. Twelve of them were wandering around the desert, delirious and dying of thirst. Fourteen were taken by pickup truck to the morgue. The deceased became known as the "Yuma 14." These poems tell their story. ...
Author:
By (author)
Christopher Bogart
, Other
Robert R Sanders
, Edited by
Shawn Aveningo Sanders
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
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"An informal and empathetic document as well as a poetic sequence, 14: Antología del Sonoran elegizes and gives voice to those no longer able to speak their stories. Christopher Bogart's risky yet respectful poems honor the names of these dead, and insist that nothing can sever the bonds that connect us to each other."
Michael Waters, author of The Dean of Discipline (University of Pittsburgh Press)...