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COM.ONIXSUITE.9781931404136 02 01 City Lights Books 01 GCOI 87286100187520 02 1931404135 03 9781931404136 15 9781931404136 BC 1 A01 Murguía, Alejandro Alejandro Murguía <p> Alejandro Murguía was born in California, but raised in Mexico City. His experiences as an international volunteer in the Nicaraguan Insurrection of 1979 are recounted in his second collection of short stories Southern Front (American Book Award,1991). He lives in San Francisco, where he teaches Latin American literature at San Francisco State University. He was named Poet Laureate of San Francisco in 2012.</p> 01 eng 96 00 96 03 20 American;Hispanic American;latin america;poetry;San Francisco 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Latin America 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Poetry 24 Internet CL Hierarchy San Francisco Literature & History 01 <p> The sixth volume of the San Francisco Poet Laureate Series, <em>Stray Poems</em> opens with Alejandro Murguía's inaugural address, where he stipulates that as the city's first Latino poet laureate he is accepting his post on behalf of his community. He goes on to provide a brilliant and impassioned poetic account of San Francisco’s Native and Latino literary history, stating, "So Latin America fused to the history of San Francisco, and vice versa—San Francisco fused to the memory of Latin America."</p> <p> What follows is a selection of Murguía’s recent work composed over the past twelve years.</p> <p> These are poems of the 21st century, written in a combination of English and Spanish—the patois of contemporary America. Angry, rebellious, subversive, sentimental, hip, urban, local, global—these poems stray from academia, the status quo, patriotism—and even God—as all poetry must.</p> 02 San Francisco's first Latino poet laureate offers new poems written in the native tongue of contemporary America: English-and-Spanish. 04 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100187520/images/87286100187520L.jpg 07 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100187520/images/87286100187520S.jpg http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100187520 City Lights Foundation Books 01 City Lights Foundation Books 02 20140415 08 16 oz