About this title: In Breathing Between the Lines, the writer returns to poetry, her first love. From childhood, writing poems has been both a refuge and a release through the power of her own imagination. In 1988, however, Martinez's poetry was used against her in a federal indictment for smuggling Salvadoran refugees into the United States. The incriminating poem carried this punch line: "In my country, we sing of a baby in a manger, finance death squads." Seven long months later, she was acquitted. After the trial - "a poet's nightmare, in which words, so full of liberating possibilities, were twisted and ...
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Description: Very good. By Demetria Martinez; ISBN: 0816517983; Pub. : University Of Arizona Press; Pub. Date: March, 1997; Media: Paperback; Weight: 4.8 oz.; Great condition. Appears to have been gently read, if at all. Former library copy with a mylar laminated cover. 1997 softcover edition, usual library markings, slight scuffing on cover, tight and straight binding, 60 pages of clean text, 292jz03060712. by Demetria Martinez; ISBN: 0816517983; Pub. : University Of Arizona Press; Pub. Date: March, 1997; ... read more
Edition: First simultaneous paperback edition.
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Arizona Press, Tucson AZ
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780816517985ISBN:0816517983
Description: Fine. Inscribed on the dedication page. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Arizona Press, Tucson
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780816517985ISBN:0816517983
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780816517961ISBN:0816517967
Description: Very Fine in Like DJ. Poems. The hardcover issue is somewhat uncommon. Dj comment by John Nichols and Luis Alberto Urrea. read more
Edition: signed
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Date Published: 1997-01-01
ISBN-13:9780816517985ISBN:0816517983
Description: Like New. 1997 paperback, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page, no other marks noted in text, All of our products are cleaned with an disinfectant for your protection before shipping. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780816517985ISBN:0816517983
Description: Very Good. Black and brown photo-illustrated wraps, some scuffing and edge wear. White lettering on the front cover and on the black spine. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF ARIZONA PR
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780816517985ISBN:0816517983
Description: New. Demetria Martinez has entered the public consciousness by way of the heart. In 1994, she captured a Western States Book Award with her first novel, "Mother Tongue, " which went on to win widespread national attention. Now, in "Breathing between the Li... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN-13:9780816517985ISBN:0816517983
Description: Good. 0816517983 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
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