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Garden of exile : poems
- Title
- Garden of exile : poems / by Aleida Rodríguez.
- Author
- Rodríguez, Aleida, 1953-
- Publication
- Louisville, KY : Sarabande Books, 1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PS3568.O348764 G37 1999 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 95 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Garden of Exile, a debut collection of poems by Aleida Rodriguez, reveals a life enriched by layers of language and culture. Rodriguez was born in Cuba and emigrated to the Midwest at age nine via Operation Peter Pan. These poems are psalms that celebrate the pleasures of experience made palpable through language."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Contents
- Archaeology -- The First Woman -- Lexicon of Exile -- Ontology -- Parts of Speech -- Rank -- Concierto de Aranjuez -- My Mother's Art -- Peter on the Run -- Why I Would Rather Be a Painter -- Still Life with Cup -- Still Life with Glass -- Still Life: June 16, 1987, Oil on Board -- Landscape -- Plein Air -- Things We Know -- Pas Seul -- Cool Acres -- History -- Descent -- Torch -- Rimas Dissolutas -- Eclipse -- Dark Drum -- Threshold -- The Rosario Beach House -- Little Cuba Stories / Cuentos de Cuba -- Two Photographs, among Other Things -- Felling the Tree -- Exile -- Feast of the Epiphany -- Down the Gravelly Path to the Woodpile -- The Return -- The Garden -- Risotto Ariosto -- What the Water Gave Me -- Inspiration -- Backyard Opera -- The Powerful Green Hill -- Jacaranda -- The Invisible Body.
- ISBN
- 1889330337 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0889330329 (alk. paper) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 98051440
- OCLC
- ocm40347522
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries