{"product_id":"elegy-for-desire-luis-omar-salinas-9780816524624","title":"Elegy for Desire","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most difficult poems to write\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Are those of love and those of death. \u003cbr\u003e I'm half in love and half dead. \u003cbr\u003e It stands to reason that I've come upon a difficult task.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Despite his disclaimer, it seems no difficult task at all. One of the pioneers of Chicano poetry and a highly esteemed artist in the Mexican American community, Luis Omar Salinas is a poet with Tex-Mex bordertown roots whose work is studied at the Sorbonne. Beginning with his legendary first book, \u003ci\u003eCrazy Gypsy\u003c\/i\u003e, he has been a major figure not only in Chicano literature but in all of American poetry--both a poet of the people and a voice for other poets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eElegy for Desire\u003c\/i\u003e, Salinas has crafted visionary poems about growing older and looking back on a rich life of poetry. In this quiet yet hallucinatory volume, Salinas offers us a prismatic collection of odes, elegies, and cantos of desire--complex poems about our place in the world. Poems to be savored in solitude, or better still with an intimate companion. Few poets, Latino or otherwise, are as daring with love poetry that is so honestly fierce. Salinas gives us a meditation on gently aging while continuing to celebrate personal experience that draws upon the world. One need only sample these rich, elegant stanzas to recognize the wealth of wisdom found in their words. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eElegy for Desire\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to a singular talent that has survived for decades . . . and will continue to inspire long beyond his lifetime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe dead can't complain, and lovers always do. \u003cbr\u003e Well, I'm here, and that is important. \u003cbr\u003e And if life can be as exciting as this, \u003cbr\u003e I must be doing something right.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luis Omar Salinas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816524629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816524624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 6.26w x 0.26d","brand":"Luis Omar Salinas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47087480209663,"sku":"9780816524624","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0ea6c3eb-2357-4fcf-a7a8-9d9354ca9b33.jpg?v=1753850019","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/elegy-for-desire-luis-omar-salinas-9780816524624","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}