A Place to Stand
by Jimmy Santiago Baca
Taste attributes: biographydocumentaryslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearenclosedemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalempowerment/personal growthinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeRealistic and weighty: a slow-paced biography, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
About This Book
"Jimmy Santiago Baca, winner of the Pushcart Prize and the American Book Award, has been called an heir to Pablo Neruda and one the best poets in America today. At the age of twenty-one, however, he was illiterate and facing five to ten years in a maximum-security prison for selling drugs. Five years later he emerged from prison with the ability to read and a passion for writing poetry.
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- Author
- Jimmy Santiago Baca
- Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 264
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- Open Library
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