Breathing Between the Lines
Martínez, Demetria
| Autor: | Martínez, Demetria |
|---|---|
| Themengebiete: | Poetry |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 01.01.1997 |
| EAN: | 9780816517985 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 61 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | University of Arizona Press |
| Untertitel: | Poems |
Produktinformationen "Breathing Between the Lines"
In Breathing Between the Lines, the writer returns to poetry, her first love. From childhood, writing poems has been both a refuge and a release through the power of her own imagination. In 1988, however, Martinez's poetry was used against her in a federal indictment for smuggling Salvadoran refugees into the United States. The incriminating poem carried this punch line: "In my country, we sing of a baby in a manger, finance death squads". Seven long months later, she was acquitted. After the trial - "a poet's nightmare, in which words, so full of liberating possibilities, were twisted and used against me" - Martinez's poetry dried up. Years passed before "the miracle" of writing finally brought her reconciliation and a return to sanity from the searing experience. Once again, poetry now drives her life, fills her days, and gives meaning to a world gone crazy.
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