During my senior of college, I took a class called "Poetry of American Prisoners" in which we read a lot of Jimmy Baca's prison poetry and he came to our class as guest speaker. If I remember correctly one theme that emerged from this class the Jimmy's poetry was that of ethical reading- what does it mean to read the poetry of someone who has committed crimes?
From NPR:
Poet Jimmy Santiago Baca has produced his first novel, A Glass of Water. The book goes over the well-worn path of Mexican immigrants to the United States.
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