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Rancho Notorious
Series: American Poets Continuum
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This poetry collection is suited for readers interested in intense, introspective explorations of identity and memory, particularly those who appreciate character-driven narrative poetry with a darker tone.
Poems with humor and heart, peopled with humanity.
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Like the movie of the same name, the poems in Rancho Notorious are peopled with a colourful cast of characters, all born of the fertile imagination of Richard Garcia. Through narratives, lyric poems and dramatic monologues, Garcia's characters demonstrate that the idea of self is fluid, one identity easily swapped for another. These are poems with heart, poems that believe that the construction of memory, however fragmentary and inconclusive, is also an act of redemption.
Richard Garcia was born in San Francisco in 1941, the son of a Puerto Rican father and a Mexican mother, and is the author of The Flying Garcias, a collection of poetry, and My Aunt Otila's Spirits, a bilingual children's book. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
Series: American Poets Continuum
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Library Journal notes that Garcia’s poems are centred around dark and unsettling themes, portraying characters who are often lonely, weary, and misunderstood. The speakers vary in age and gender but share a sense of inescapable fate. While individual poems are well-crafted and compelling, the collection’s persistent sombreness may not appeal to all readers. The review ultimately does not recommend the book.
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ISBN: 9781929918010
Publisher: BOA Editions, Limited
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 14 June 2001
Country: United States
Imprint: BOA Editions, Limited
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 7.0mm
Width: 149.0mm
Height: 228.0mm
Weight: 198g
Pages: 90
About the Author
Richard Garcia is the author of three books of poetry: Selected Poems (1972); The Flying Garcias; and Rancho Notorious (BOA Editions, 2001) as well as My Aunt Otilia's Spirits, a bilingual children's book (1978). His poems have been published in more than thirty mainstream and avant-garde literary magazines, including Antioch Review, Colorado Review and Ploughshares.
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