Exiliana

by Griffor, Mariela

• ISBN13: 9780978147105
• ISBN10: 0978147103
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-26
• Publisher: Marick Pr

Summary

Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. In her collection of poetry, EXILIANA, Mariela Griffor expresses her innermost thoughts in words of not her mother tongue in rich, beautiful, passionate verse unlike any other documentary or memoir produced that reflects upon the devastation, loss and casualties--both mortally and emotionally--of civil unrest. Griffor's first loss was her fiance. Her second loss was after her and her unborn child's quick and subsequent flight out of Chile to escape the threat of her own arrest. As a 24-year-old woman, she took haven in Sweden, a land of cold and endless nights, where she was left to ponder the "what-ifs" of an abruptly aborted romance, the welfare of her family and friends, the fate of her FPMR compatriots, and the land of mountains and eucalyptus she had always known as home. Even in the privileged and exclusive community of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., which she now calls home, Griffor's heart and soul remains in exile.

Author Biography

Mariela Griffor is co-founder of The Institute for Creative Writers at Wayne State University and Publisher of Marick Press.

Table of Contents

Love for a subversive man	p. 2
Sunday walk, urban talk	p. 5
The rain	p. 7
Child's eyes	p. 9
Heartland	p. 10
To Julio Santibanez	p. 12
Quixote as dream	p. 13
Red robin	p. 14
Selective exposure	p. 17
Parade	p. 19
Amnesia	p. 21
Do you remember love?	p. 22
Hair of sand	p. 23
The moment of truth	p. 25
Love in time of war	p. 28
The dew	p. 29
Jealous state	p. 30
Unexpected death	p. 31
Boys	p. 33
Men of flesh and blood	p. 36
Loss	p. 37
Christmas	p. 38
Prayer	p. 39
What a shame	p. 40
Safe conduct	p. 41
Return	p. 44
Sunspots	p. 46
Along the cold streets of Scandinavia	p. 47
Husband	p. 49
Death postponed	p. 50
Wolf	p. 52
Old mountains	p. 55
How chaos begins	p. 56
Song for Chile	p. 57
Ripples	p. 59
Valentine's Day in Detroit	p. 60
Cyanide smile	p. 61
Insomnia	p. 62
Greed	p. 63
Sometimes	p. 64
Absolution	p. 66
Broken glass	p. 67
Twinkies	p. 68
Arcade	p. 70
From the graves of Latin America	p. 71
Detroit	p. 72
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