{"product_id":"homecoming-new-and-collected-poems-paperback","title":"Homecoming: New and Collected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulia Alvarez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHomecoming is Alvarez's first published collection of poetry, a work of great subtlety and power in which the young poet returned to her old-world childhood in the Dominican Republic. Now this revised and expanded edition adds thirteen new poems. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong before her award winning novel, \u003ci\u003eHow the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIn the Time of the Butterflies\u003c\/i\u003e, Julia Alvarez was writing poetry that gave a distinctive voice to the Latina woman and helped give to American letters a vibrant new literary form. These more recent writings are still deeply autobiographical in nature, but written with the edgier, more knowing tone of a woman who has seen, and survived, more of life. Wonderfully lucid and engaging, toned with deep emotionality and a wry observation of life, the poems of Julia Alvarez stand next to her fiction to both delight us and give us lessons in living and loving.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong before her award-winning novel, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, and In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez was writing poetry that gave a distinctive voice to the Latina woman - and helped give to American letters a vibrant new literary form. Homecoming was Alvarez's first published collection of poetry, a work of great subtlety and power in which the young poet returned to her old-world childhood in the Dominican Republic. Now this revised and expanded edition adds thirteen new poems. These more recent writings are still deeply autobiographical in nature, but written with the edgier, more knowing tone of a woman who has seen, and survived, more of life. Wonderfully lucid and engaging, toned with deep emotionality and a wry observation of life, the poems of Julia Alvarez stand next to her fiction to both delight us and give us lessons in living and loving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Alvarez \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eHow the García Girls Lost Their Accents, In the Time of the Butterflies\u003c\/i\u003e (a national Book Critics Circle Award finalist), and \u003ci\u003eYo!\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also published two poetry collections (\u003ci\u003eHomecoming \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Other side\/El Otro Lado\u003c\/i\u003e) and a collection of essays (\u003ci\u003eSomething to Declare\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Álvarez\u003c\/b\u003e es la autora de \u003ci\u003eDe cómo las chicas García perdieron el acento\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEn el tiempo de las mariposas\u003c\/i\u003e (un finalista del National Book Critics Circle Award) y \u003ci\u003e¡Yo!\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eTambién ha publicado dos colecciones de poesía y una colección de ensayos. Julia Álvarez vive en Vermont y en República Dominicana, donde dirige una cooperativa de café orgánico, y un centro de alfabetización y arte con su esposo.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 7.97 x 5.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703830606131,"sku":"9780452275676","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/CoAzePU4BX9780452275676.webp?v=1763341070","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/homecoming-new-and-collected-poems-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}