Working in the Dark (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
At a glance:
- Author: José Santiago Baca
- First Published: 1992
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Essays, Diary, Anthology
- Subjects: Language or languages, Prisoners, Prisons, Authors or writers, Poetry or poets, Ethnic groups, Minorities, Mexican Americans, New Mexico, Southwest, Latinos
The Work
Jimmy Santiago Baca’s collection Working in the Dark: Reflections of a Poet in the Barrio is a blunt and honest gathering of essays, journal entries, and poetry that describe some of the more poignant incidents in a long journey that Baca has made from a “troubled and impoverished Chicano family” to a position of prominence as a widely admired poet. Baca’s subject as a writer is the life and history of Albuquerque’s South Valley. Baca passionately explores the crucial episodes in a process of self-growth and self-discovery beginning with his most...
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