Alurista Libros
As Our Barrio Turns
Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. New from SPD. In AS OUR BARRIO TURNS … WHO THE YOKE B ON?, alurista poet-filetero filosofo snaps shots of his singular history in wickedly funny, blasphemous travelogues through his youth and activist days. His scrapbook leapfrogs from military academy in M‚xico to militant politics in 60s San Diego, boyhood challenges of
Et Tú … Raza?
A poet with a strong commitment to social problems, Alurista continues to explore racism and bigotry in his newest collection of poetry. These poems are angry, full of energy, they call us to action. Like the poems of e.e. cummings, Aluristas work is at once simple and highly complex. He frequently begins a poem with
