City of a Hundred Fires
by Blanco, RichardFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-10-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Pittsburgh Pr
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Summary
An exploration in verse of rites of passage within the Cuban-American culture shows how a combined nostalgia for a lost world and a daily confrontation with American culture leads to self-awareness. Winner of the 1997 Agnes Lynch Starret Poetry Prize. Simultaneous. UP.
Table of Contents
| America | p. 3 |
| Teatro Marti | p. 7 |
| La Revolucion at Antonio's Mercado | p. 8 |
| Mango, Number 61 | p. 10 |
| El Malibu | p. 11 |
| Islamorada | p. 12 |
| Crayons for Elena | p. 13 |
| Mail for Mama | p. 14 |
| Los Santos of the Living Room | p. 15 |
| Mother Picking Produce | p. 16 |
| The Lesson | p. 17 |
| Shaving | p. 19 |
| Letter to El Flaco on His Birthday | p. 21 |
| Hola | p. 23 |
| 324 Mendoza Avenue, #6 | p. 24 |
| What Las Palmas Mean | p. 26 |
| La Bella Dama of Little Havana | p. 28 |
| A Note About Sake | p. 29 |
| The Silver Sands | p. 30 |
| Photo Shop | p. 31 |
| Contemplations at the Virgin de la Caridad Cafeteria, Inc. | p. 33 |
| Havanasis | p. 37 |
| Varadero en Alba | p. 39 |
| The Road to Rancho Luna | p. 41 |
| Havana 50s | p. 42 |
| El Jagua Resort | p. 43 |
| Last Night in Havana | p. 46 |
| El Juan | p. 48 |
| Partial List: Guantanamo Detainees | p. 49 |
| Found Letters from 1965: El Ano de la Agricultura | p. 50 |
| The Reservoir | p. 55 |
| Abuela Valdes | p. 57 |
| El Cucubano | p. 59 |
| Zafra | p. 61 |
| The Morning Kill | p. 62 |
| Tia Olivia Serves Wallace Stevens a Cuban Egg | p. 64 |
| Decima Guajira | p. 66 |
| Postcard to W.C. Williams from Cienfuegos | p. 67 |
| Palmita Mia | p. 68 |
| Palmita Mia (translation) | p. 70 |
| Acknowledgments / Agradecimientos | p. 73 |
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