Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. The late AndrA a¬As Montoya's THE ICEWORKER SINGS AND OTHER POEMS evokes a world of machines and violence as it conf...
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Jun 05, 2009
Lisha Adela
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The late Andrés Montoya captured back street, forgotten street and often violent barrio life in these haunting poems. The influence of Phillip Levine, his mentor and writing teacher, is very prevalent in his work. This book is the Latino/Chicano American Book Award winner and deserves much praise. The abandoned culture of not being quite Mexicano or fitting in the prevalent Anglo culture is so haunting. Mixed identity combined with the haunting pain of his world, a macho world of screams, makes
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Jan 17, 2009
Blas
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Andres and I were both students in Peter Everwine's introductory poetry workshop, back in 1990, and I had the privilege of reading some of his earliest poems. I still remember the title of one of them, "A Crack in the Ceiling." It was clear even then, even to the poetry rookie that I was, that Andres was going to be a great poet.
So it's extremely difficult to have to deal with the fact that he only ever got to complete one book before he passed away.
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So it's extremely difficult to have to deal with the fact that he only ever got to complete one book before he passed away.
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Aug 12, 2010
Sasha
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I'm not one for reading poems yet this book i must say i enjoyed. It was openly expressed, not trying hard to shock or make statements, it was words expressed by his personal experience. Great book, almost done.
Aug 02, 2007
Oscar
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On a first read: A great examination of the speaker trapped in both geographic & cultural place. Even better when the speaker realizes that (s)he is complicit in that forced identity. Definitely deserves another read.
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