April On Olympia by LornaDeeCervantes Paperback, 142 Pages, Published 2021 by Marsh Hawk Press ISBN-13: 978-0-9969912-6-1, ISBN: 0-9969912-6-3
"Poet Lorna Dee Cervantes's poetry evokes and explores cultural difference-between Mexican, Anglo, Native American, and African American lives-as well as the divides of gender and economics"--"
From the Cables of Genocide(1st Edition) Poems on Love and Hunger by LornaDeeCervantes Paperback, 78 Pages, Published 1991 by Arte Publico Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-55885-033-0, ISBN: 1-55885-033-3
"This collection confirms Cervantes' stature as a poet as she stretches the resources of language, imagery and the dialectics of love, hunger and aesthetics to express a penetrating feminist and human vision of her universe. "Cervantes is a poet with a clear, strong voice... Her work is refreshing and deceptively simple, reflecting love of language and music. She manages all this without sacrificing the humor, power, and complexity of th ..."
Emplumada(1st Edition) (Pitt Poetry Series) by LornaDeeCervantes Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1981 by University Of Pittsburgh Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-5327-2, ISBN: 0-8229-5327-7
""Emplumada" is Lorna Dee Cervantes s first book, a collection of poems remarkable for their surface clarity, precision of image, and emotional urgency. Rooted in her Chicana heritage, these poems illuminate the American experience of the last quarter century and, at a time when much of what is merely fashionable in American poetry is recondite and exclusive, Cervantes has the ability to speak to and for a large audience.""
Ciento 100 100-Word Love Poems by LornaDeeCervantes Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2011 by Wings Press ISBN-13: 978-0-916727-84-0, ISBN: 0-916727-84-X
"Flavored by the author’s Chicana and Native American roots, this poetry collection explores eroticism and sensuality while keeping to the confines of 100 words. Simultaneously intelligent and humorous, this book investigates the themes of passion and desire as it conveys intense political ideas and reactions. Written by a woman of color, this compilation will resonate with audiences beyond her race and ethnicity. "
Drive(1st Edition) The First Quartet: New Poems, 1980-2005 by LornaDeeCervantes Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2006 by Wings Press Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-930324-54-4, ISBN: 0-930324-54-4
"for Ramon Del Castillo upon being awarded his Ph.D. 15 de Mayo, 1999 says the
voice on the phone. “Doctor Del Castillo here. I'm done, Lady, at last.” And I think
of the mask of paint on “King Crack,” the black hood of the past just over his left
shoulder, the calavera printing its sheaf of poems in white and black over the
faces of our barrio youth, the jagged fingers of Death stroking a ruca's cheek,
boney as a typewriter key str ..."
"In this, the fifth major collection of poetry from the iconic Chicana-Native American poet Lorna Dee Cervantes, each poem is intellectually insightful, linguistically playful, politically intense, and sensually aflame. Sueno , which engages readers on half a dozen levels at once, lives up to the author's reputation for deft word play."
Ciento 100 100-Word Love Poems by LornaDeeCervantes 128 Pages, Published 2011 by Wings Press ISBN-13: 978-1-60940-153-5, ISBN: 1-60940-153-0
"Simultaneously intelligent and humorous, this book investigates the themes of passion and desire as it conveys intense political ideas and reactions."
Emplumada by LornaDeeCervantes Hardcover, 80 Pages, Published 1981 by University Of Pittsburgh Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-3436-3, ISBN: 0-8229-3436-1
"Letters to America features the work of poets who have had the courage to write about race with honesty and passion. Speakign from the experience of Black, Native American, Asian, Arabic, Indian, Hispanic, and white culture, their diverse voices unite in a dialogue of poems which acknowledge and celebrate our differences while exploring America's shameful history of racial intolerance. The poets in this anthology include Gwendolyn Brook ..."
Ciento 100 100-Word Love Poems by LornaDeeCervantes Published 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60940-154-2, ISBN: 1-60940-154-9
Ciento 100 100-Word Love Poems by LornaDeeCervantes Published 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-60940-155-9, ISBN: 1-60940-155-7
Drive The First Quartet: New Poems, 1980-2005 by LornaDeeCervantes 320 Pages, Published 2006 by Wings Press ISBN-13: 978-1-60940-066-8, ISBN: 1-60940-066-6
"Her small press, also named Mango, was widely admired for its creative designs
and for the important voices it brought into print, including Sandra Cisneros, Gary
Soto, Luis Omar Salinas, and Alberto Ríos. Her poetry has appeared in literally ..."
Drivet The First Quartet by LornaDeeCervantes Hardcover, Published 2005 by Wings Press (Tx) ISBN-13: 978-0-916727-14-7, ISBN: 0-916727-14-9
"A limited edition, signed, specially bound hardback in a wooden box."
Emplumada by LornaDeeCervantes 80 Pages, Published 1982 by University Of Pittsburgh Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-7986-9, ISBN: 0-8229-7986-1
"Emplumada is Lorna Dee Cervantes’s first book, a collection of poems remarkable for their surface clarity, precision of image, and emotional urgency."
"During the past two decades, literary issues like multiculturalism, gender, borders and border crossing, and the development of personal, cultural, and alternative identities have become increasingly important. The same years have seen the flourishing of writers from a number of ethnic minorities, including the Mexican-American women who are the subjects of these probing and insightful interviews by Karin Rosa Ikas. The ten Chicana writ ..."
"The writings span all topics from the rasquache to the refined. In these pages is writing that goes deep into Chicanx culture and reveals heritage in new ways. This is work that challenges, that is irreverent, that is defiant and inventive."
Hispanic, Female and Young(2nd Edition) An Anthology by Phyllis Tashlik Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1994 by Arte Publico Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-55885-080-4, ISBN: 1-55885-080-5