Barbara Jane Reyes: 3 books

These 28 poems in FOR THE CITY THAT NEARLY BROKE ME are Barbara Jane Reyes at her urban political and poetic best. Of the collection, M. Evelina Galang, author of HER WILD AMERICAN SELF and ONE TRIBE, writes: "Scribe of global soundscape, Reyes builds upon the heartbeat of literary and blood ancestors,...

In homage to Gloria Anzaldúa and her iconic work Borderlands/La Frontera, award-winning poets ire'ne lara silva and Dan Vera have assembled the work of 54 writers who reflect on the complex terrain—the deeply felt psychic, social, and geopolitical borderlands—that Anzaldúa inhabited, theorized,...

Winner of the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets Previous poetry collection has sold 8000 copies Filipina-American poet with strong national following Melds traditional Southeast Asian mythology with hip West Coast poetry sensibilities A must-read for anyone interested in next-generation American poetry