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Dream of a Word by Tia Chucha Press
Now Available
Dream of a Word - Tia Chucha
Press Poetry Anthology
Edited by Quraysh Ali Lansana and Toni Asante Lightfoot
Plus a foreword by Luis J. Rodriguez
Dream of a Word includes study questions for all the poems and is suitable for middle school, high school, and college students. You will find Chicago poets Sterling Plumpp, David Hernandez, Cin Salach, Marvin Tate, Lisa Buscani, Mike Puican, Tony Fitzpatrick, Dwight Okita, Mary Hawley, and Michael Warr. As well as poets who will always be identified with Chicago such as Patricia Smith, Luis Rodriguez, Elizabeth Alexander, Jean Howard, Rohan Preston, Angela Shannon, and many others including Terrance Hayes, A. Van Jordan, Afaa M. Weaver, Nick Carbo, and Diane Glancy. The poems are selected from the books and chapbooks published by Tia Chucha since 1989.
You can order the book through any major book store and Amazon.com.
Luis J. Rodriguez (www.luisjrodriguez.com)
Luis J. Rodriguez is one of this
country’s leading Xicano writers. He has eight published books in poetry, children’s literature, memoir, nonfiction, and fiction, including the international bestseller Always Running, La Vida Loca, Gang Days in LA. His most recent books include Hearts and Hands: Creating Community in Violent Times and The Republic of East LA: Stories. He also has a CD of music and poetry called "My Name’s Not Rodriguez" from Dos Manos Records (CDbaby.com). His first novel, Music of the Mill, is now available through any major book store and is published by Rayo Books/HarperCollins. Luis has received numerous awards for his literary and community work, including as one of fifty "Unsung Heroes of Compassion" from around the world, presented by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.
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