City of a Hundred Fires

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ISBN: 9780822956839 | 0822956837
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 10/1/1998

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An exploration in verse of rites of passage within the Cuban-American culture shows how a combined nostalgia for a lost world and a daily confrontation with American culture leads to self-awareness. Winner of the 1997 Agnes Lynch Starret Poetry Prize. Simultaneous. UP.

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America	p. 3
Teatro Marti	p. 7
La Revolucion at Antonio's Mercado	p. 8
Mango, Number 61	p. 10
El Malibu	p. 11
Islamorada	p. 12
Crayons for Elena	p. 13
Mail for Mama	p. 14
Los Santos of the Living Room	p. 15
Mother Picking Produce	p. 16
The Lesson	p. 17
Shaving	p. 19
Letter to El Flaco on His Birthday	p. 21
Hola	p. 23
324 Mendoza Avenue, #6	p. 24
What Las Palmas Mean	p. 26
La Bella Dama of Little Havana	p. 28
A Note About Sake	p. 29
The Silver Sands	p. 30
Photo Shop	p. 31
Contemplations at the Virgin de la Caridad Cafeteria, Inc.	p. 33
Havanasis	p. 37
Varadero en Alba	p. 39
The Road to Rancho Luna	p. 41
Havana 50s	p. 42
El Jagua Resort	p. 43
Last Night in Havana	p. 46
El Juan	p. 48
Partial List: Guantanamo Detainees	p. 49
Found Letters from 1965: El Ano de la Agricultura	p. 50
The Reservoir	p. 55
Abuela Valdes	p. 57
El Cucubano	p. 59
Zafra	p. 61
The Morning Kill	p. 62
Tia Olivia Serves Wallace Stevens a Cuban Egg	p. 64
Decima Guajira	p. 66
Postcard to W.C. Williams from Cienfuegos	p. 67
Palmita Mia	p. 68
Palmita Mia (translation)	p. 70
Acknowledgments / Agradecimientos	p. 73
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