My Wicked Wicked Ways Poems

by CISNEROS, SANDRA

• ISBN13: 9780679418214
• ISBN10: 0679418210
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-11-17
• Publisher: Knopf

Summary

Hailed as "not only a gifted writer, but an absolutely essential one" (The New York Times Book Review), Sandra Cisneros has firmly established herself as an author of electrifying talent. Here are verses, comic and sad, radiantly pure and plainspoken, that reveal why her stories have been praised for their precision and musicality of language.

Author Biography

Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954. Internationally acclaimed for her poetry and fiction, she has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Lannan Literary Award and the American Book Award, and of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the MacArthur Foundation. Cisneros is the author of the novels <b>The House on Mango Street</b> and <b>Caramelo</b>, a collection of short stories <b>Woman Hollering Creek</b>, a book of poetry <b>Loose Woman</b>, and a children's book <b>Hairs/Pelitos</b>. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.<br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>

Table of Contents

Velorio	p. 3
Sir James South Side	p. 5
South Sangamon	p. 6
Abuelito Who	p. 7
Arturo Burro	p. 8
Mexican Hat Dance	p. 9
Good Hotdogs	p. 10
Muddy Kid Comes Home	p. 11
I Told Susan Reyna	p. 12
Twister Hits Houston	p. 14
Curtains	p. 15
Joe	p. 16
Traficante	p. 18
My Wicked Wicked Ways	p. 23
Six Brothers	p. 25
Mariela	p. 27
Josie Bliss	p. 28
I the Woman	p. 29
Something Crazy	p. 31
In a redneck bar down the street	p. 33
Love Poem #1	p. 34
The blue dress	p. 35
The Poet Reflects on Her Solitary Fate	p. 37
His Story	p. 38
Letter to Ilona from the South of France	p. 43
Ladies, South of France - Vence	p. 45
December 24th, Paris - Notre-Dame	p. 46
Beautiful Man - France	p. 47
Postcard to the Lace Man - The Old Market, Antibes	p. 48
Letter to Jahn Franco - Venice	p. 49
To Cesare, Goodbye	p. 52
Ass	p. 53
Trieste - Ciao to Italy	p. 55
Peaches - Six in a Tin Bowl, Sarajevo	p. 56
Hydra Night - House on Fire	p. 57
Hydra Coming Down in Rain	p. 58
Fishing Calamari by Moon	p. 60
Moon in Hydra	p. 61
One Last Poem for Richard	p. 62
For a Southern Man	p. 64
A woman cutting celery	p. 69
Sensuality Plunging Barefoot Into Thorns	p. 71
Valparaiso	p. 73
I understand it as a kiss	p. 76
For All Tuesday Travelers	p. 77
No Mercy	p. 78
The world without Rodrigo	p. 80
Rodrigo Returns to the Land and Linen Celebrates	p. 81
Beatrice	p. 82
Rodrigo de Barro	p. 83
Rodrigo in the Dark	p. 85
The So-and-So's	p. 86
Monsieur Mon Ami	p. 88
Drought	p. 90
By Way of Explanation	p. 92
Ame, Amo, Amare	p. 94
Men Asleep	p. 98
New Year's Eve	p. 99
14 de julio	p. 101
Tantas Cosas Asustan, Tantas	p. 102
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