Steven P Schneider

Broschiertes Buch

Borderlines: Drawing Border Lives

Fronteras: Dibujando Las Vidas Fronterizas

Illustrator: Schneider, Reefka

Beschreibung

Featuring 25 drawings in charcoal, conte crayons, and pastels, this handbook pairs portraits of people who live and work along the US/Mexico border with bilingual poems that have been inspired by each of the drawings. A testimony to the people of the Rio Grande Valley, these drawings and poems capture their spirit, their quest for happiness, and their struggles to overcome economic hardship.

Autor

Steven P. Schneider is a poet, a writer, and a professor in the department of English at the University of Texas-Pan American. His poetry has been published in national and international journals, including American Life in Poetry, Critical Quarterly, Literary Review, Prairie Schooner, and Tikkun. He is the author of A. R. Ammons and the Poetics of Widening Scope , Prairie Air Show, and Unexpected Guests and the editor of Complexities of Motion: New Essays on A. R. Ammons's Long Poems. He is the recipient of an Anna Davidson Rosenberg Award for Poetry and a Nebraska Arts Council Fellowship. Reefka Schneider is one of the foremost artists of the Rio Grande Valley region in South Texas. She is represented by Nuevo Santander Gallery, and her artwork has been exhibited at the Art Center for the Islands, the International Museum of Art and Science, Northwest Vista College, the Rockport Center for the Arts, and the University of Texas-Pan American. They live in McAllen, Texas. Norma E. Cantú is a professor of English at the University of Texas-San Antonio and the author or coauthor of several books, including the award-winning memoir Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wings Press (TX)
• 2nd Second Edition, Second edition
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 300mm x 224mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781609402730
• ISBN-10: 1609402731
• Artikelnr.: 37312982