A place to stand: the making of a poet
Jimmy Santiago Baca • Grove Press • ISBN-13 978‑0802139085
A place to stand: the making of a poet
Jimmy Santiago Baca • Grove Press
ISBN-10: 0802139086 · ISBN-13: 978‑0802139085 · 2001
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Baca, Jimmy Santiago. A PLACE TO STAND: THE MAKING OF A POET. New York: Grove Press, (2001). An Uncorrected Proof in glossy pictorial wrappers. A crease to the rear corner, else very good. A memoir of the poet's criminal past, and his discovery of the redemptive power of writing while serving a prison term.
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