Sofia : Poems

by Logghe, Joan; Joysmith, Claire; Salinas, Arturo

• ISBN13: 9781888809114
• ISBN10: 1888809116
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: LA Alameda Pr

Summary

These 30 bilingual poems comprise a biographical collective, chronicling the life of an imaginary Sofia, a Hispanice Catholic woman with Sephardic Jewish roots living in New Mexico.

Table of Contents

En el rancho	14	(1)
In El Rancho	15	(3)
Vicente, el hermano de Sofia, dijo	18	(1)
Sofia's Brother Vicente Said	19	(1)
Antes de la boda	20	(1)
Pre Nuptial	21	(5)
La boda	26	(1)
The Wedding	27	(3)
Sofia le cuenta a su hermanita	30	(1)
Sofia Tells Her Little Sister	31	(1)
El primer hijo	32	(1)
First Child	33	(1)
Los anos de ser mama	34	(1)
The Mother Years	35	(3)
Naranjas	38	(1)
Oranges	39	(1)
El atardecer deprime a Sofia	40	(1)
Sunset Draws Sofia Down	41	(3)
Sofia construye un altar	44	(1)
Sofia Builds a Shrine	45	(5)
Sofia le escribe a una amiga que se ha ido	50	(1)
Sofia Writes Her Friend Who Has Moved	51	(3)
Sofia tiene un hijo en sus anos de madurez	54	(1)
Sofia Has a Child In a Late Year	55	(3)
Anglos	58	(1)
Anglos	59	(3)
Los hijos de Sofia	62	(1)
Sofia's Sons	63	(3)
Tiempos dificiles	66	(1)
Hard Times	67	(3)
Los senos de Sofia	70	(1)
Sofia's Breasts	71	(3)
Manny mira desde el portal	74	(1)
Manny Stands on the Porch	75	(3)
El testamento de Sofia	78	(1)
Sofia's Will	79	(3)
Matrimonio	82	(1)
Marriage	83	(1)
Algo	84	(1)
Something	85	(1)
Sofia consigue trabajo	86	(1)
Sofia Gets a Job at TG&Y	87	(1)
Sofia se encuentra a un limosnero	88	(1)
Sofia Meets a Beggar	89	(3)
Insomnio	92	(1)
Insomnia	93	(3)
La muerte de Manny	96	(1)
Manny's Death	97	(3)
Sofia sola	100	(1)
Sofia Alone	101	(3)
Sofia se ha ido	104	(1)
Sofia's Gone	105