I Ask the Impossible: Poems Paperback - 2001
by Ana Castillo
Cherished for her passionate fiction and exuberant essays, the author returns to her first love--poetry--to reveal an unwavering commitment to social justice, and a fervent embrace of the sensual world. Sometimes erotic, often funny, this remarkable collection sounds the unmistakable voice of a "woman on fire--and more worthy than stone".
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Cherished for her passionate fiction and exuberant essays, the author hailed by Julia Alvarez as ?una storyteller "de primera, ? and by Barbara Kingsolver in "The Los Angeles Times as ?impossible to resist, ? returns to her first love?poetry?to reveal an unwavering commitment to social justice, and a fervent embrace of the sensual world. With the poems in I Ask the Impossible, Castillo celebrates the strength that "is a woman?buried deep in [her] heart." Whether memorializing real-life heroines who have risked their lives for humanity, spinning a lighthearted tale for her young son, or penning odes to mortals, gods, goddesses, Castillo's poems are eloquent and rich with insight. She shares over twelve years of poetic inspiration, from her days as a writer who ?once wrote poems in a basement with no heat," through the tenderness of motherhood and bitterness of loss, to the strength of love itself, which can ?make the impossible a simple act." Radiant with keen perception, wit, and urgency, sometimes erotic, often funny, this inspiring collection sounds the unmistakable voice of a "woman on fire? / and more worthy than stone."
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An Anchor Books Original
Cherished for her passionate fiction and exuberant essays, the author hailed by Julia Alvarez as ?una storyteller "de primera, ? and by Barbara Kingsolver in "The Los Angeles Times as ?impossible to resist, ? returns to her first love?poetry?to reveal an unwavering commitment to social justice, and a fervent embrace of the sensual world. With the poems in I Ask the Impossible, Castillo celebrates the strength that "is a woman?buried deep in [her] heart." Whether memorializing real-life heroines who have risked their lives for humanity, spinning a lighthearted tale for her young son, or penning odes to mortals, gods, goddesses, Castillo's poems are eloquent and rich with insight. She shares over twelve years of poetic inspiration, from her days as a writer who ?once wrote poems in a basement with no heat," through the tenderness of motherhood and bitterness of loss, to the strength of love itself, which can ?make the impossible a simple act." Radiant with keen perception, wit, and urgency, sometimes erotic, often funny, this inspiring collection sounds the unmistakable voice of a "woman on fire? / and more worthy than stone."
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- Title I Ask the Impossible: Poems
- Author Ana Castillo
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Anchor Books
- Pages 144
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Anchor Books, New York
- Date 2001-03-20
- Features Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780385720731 / 0385720734
- Weight 0.37 lbs (0.17 kg)
- Dimensions 7.96 x 5.16 x 0.41 in (20.22 x 13.11 x 1.04 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
- Ethnic Orientation: Latino
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Women's Interest
- Library of Congress subjects Mexican American women
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00061790
- Dewey Decimal Code 811.54
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Citations
- Booklist, 03/01/2001, Page 1219
- Kirkus Reviews, 12/15/2000, Page 1729
- Library Journal, 01/01/2001, Page 111
- Poder Hispanic, 03/01/2001, Page 66
- Publishers Weekly, 01/01/2001, Page 88
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