Sign in with Facebook
Loading...
Agua Santa: Holy Water
by
Pat Mora
Like Sonia Sanchez and Sandra Cisneros, Pat Mora draws on oral and lyrical traditions; she reclaims the history and culture of her Mexican roots, especially real and imagined Mexican women of the past, from a tribute to Frida Kahlo to an interview with an Aztec goddess.
Paperback, 160 pages
Published
July 20th 1997
by Beacon Press
(first published 1995)
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
Add this book to your favorite list »
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
35)
This was my Christmas present to myself just before we changed centuries and got ready to enter another millenium - I thought it was appropriate to give myself a book that had spiritual and political ramifications. This was a truly awesome book - my favorite of Mora's collections, full of images and ideas that resonated deeply with me, in spite of my not being Mexican-American. Having lived on the Texas-Mexico border for most of my life, I can identify with so much of what she writes about here....more
Really different look at "famous" Latina deities and myths. A collection of poems in the form of interviews, mainly, from the point of view of these iconic figures. Mora reverses the negative connotations behind these religious and pagan figures by celebrating them and humanizing them.
Another brilliant book with subtle, sharp poems.
Apr 19, 2013
Igraine
marked it as auf-gar-keinen-fall
Apr 18, 2013
Zaida Chavez
marked it as to-read
Feb 23, 2013
Santiago Gimenez zapattini
marked it as to-read
Jan 22, 2012
Tara
marked it as to-read
May 01, 2011
Calle Fritz
marked it as to-read
Apr 22, 2011
Sherry
marked it as to-read
Apr 19, 2011
Jennifer
marked it as to-read
Apr 18, 2011
Summer
marked it as to-read
Apr 18, 2011
Michaela
marked it as to-read
Apr 18, 2011
Jazmin Lopez
marked it as to-read
Apr 17, 2011
Amanda
marked it as to-read
Nov 20, 2012
Mely
marked it as culled
Oct 28, 2010
anonymous
marked it as to-read
Jul 14, 2010
Kimberly
marked it as to-read
Jan 17, 2010
Sophie
marked it as to-read
Dec 22, 2008
Kenji
marked it as to-read
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
Pat Mora (born 1942) is a female Mexican-American author and poet. Pat Mora was born in El Paso, Texas. She is married and has 3 grown children.
More about Pat Mora...
Share This Book
No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »
