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Socorro : Poems of New Mexico

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Overview

In Socorro, poet and non-fiction author Tony Reevy (Old North, Passage) revisits his childhood hometown, Socorro, New Mexico. Although the largest community for miles in any direction, Socorro is haunted by its past, and by legends stemming from its combined Native American-Hispanic-Anglo heritage. Reevy's poems explore a childhood on the edge of the desert, view legends and legendary figures such as La Llorona and Elfego Baca, and then look back at these experiences from an adult point-of-view. In Southwestern towns like Socorro, where the sidewalks are still marked "WPA 1935", the past, and even the supernatural, never seem far away.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781604542448
  • ISBN-10: 1604542446
  • Publisher: Iris Press
  • Publish Date: April 2017
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.23 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.33 pounds
  • Page Count: 96

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