The Elements of San Joaquin: Poems
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Expanded from the award-winning Chicano poetâs 1977 original, this poetry collection explores the hardships and joys of migrant workers in California.
A timely new edition of a pioneering work in Latino literature, National Book Awardânominee Gary Sotoâs first collection (originally published in 1977) draws on Californiaâs fertile San Joaquin Valley, the people, the place, and the hard agricultural work done there by immigrants. In these poems, joy and anger, violence and hope are placed in both the metaphorical and very real circumstances of the Valley. Rooted in personal experiencesâof the poet as a young man, his friends, family, and neighborsâthe poems are spare but expansive, with Sotoâs voice as important as ever. This welcome new edition has been expanded with a crucial selection of complementary poems (some previously unpublished) and a new introduction by the author.
Praise for The Elements of San Joaquin
âA response to the charged, ideologically defiant voices from the seventies, The Elements of San Joaquin forever changed the course of Latino literature, redirecting us toward the mundane and ephemeral. The poetâs only commitment, Gary Soto seemed to suggest, is to life itself. His teacher and role model was Philip Levine, who encouraged him to see his own neighborhood, indeed his own backyard, as a kingdom. The result was a type of poetry that weathered inclement times in ways that scores of other instant âhitsâ couldnât. It was new yet as old as the Bible and it still is. The word âclassicâ is overused these days. Not in this case.â âIlan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor in the Humanities, Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College, and general editor of The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature
âIn the original The Elements of San Joaquin, Gary Soto defined the Chicano character as an underrepresented part of the American whole, the identity that would serve as foundation for my lifeâs work. My parents and grandparents had crossed borders, but Soto rooted me, us, hereâin the daily poverty of mejicano vecindadesâon all those rural âBraly Streetsâ of Fresno, Brawley, and Salinas. His elements of sun, wind, stars, and field shadowed my own destiny to bring justice there, to the people of the hoe and harvest.â âJosÊ Padilla, Executive Director of California Rural Legal Assistance
A timely new edition of a pioneering work in Latino literature, National Book Awardânominee Gary Sotoâs first collection (originally published in 1977) draws on Californiaâs fertile San Joaquin Valley, the people, the place, and the hard agricultural work done there by immigrants. In these poems, joy and anger, violence and hope are placed in both the metaphorical and very real circumstances of the Valley. Rooted in personal experiencesâof the poet as a young man, his friends, family, and neighborsâthe poems are spare but expansive, with Sotoâs voice as important as ever. This welcome new edition has been expanded with a crucial selection of complementary poems (some previously unpublished) and a new introduction by the author.
Praise for The Elements of San Joaquin
âA response to the charged, ideologically defiant voices from the seventies, The Elements of San Joaquin forever changed the course of Latino literature, redirecting us toward the mundane and ephemeral. The poetâs only commitment, Gary Soto seemed to suggest, is to life itself. His teacher and role model was Philip Levine, who encouraged him to see his own neighborhood, indeed his own backyard, as a kingdom. The result was a type of poetry that weathered inclement times in ways that scores of other instant âhitsâ couldnât. It was new yet as old as the Bible and it still is. The word âclassicâ is overused these days. Not in this case.â âIlan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor in the Humanities, Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College, and general editor of The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature
âIn the original The Elements of San Joaquin, Gary Soto defined the Chicano character as an underrepresented part of the American whole, the identity that would serve as foundation for my lifeâs work. My parents and grandparents had crossed borders, but Soto rooted me, us, hereâin the daily poverty of mejicano vecindadesâon all those rural âBraly Streetsâ of Fresno, Brawley, and Salinas. His elements of sun, wind, stars, and field shadowed my own destiny to bring justice there, to the people of the hoe and harvest.â âJosÊ Padilla, Executive Director of California Rural Legal Assistance
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Gary Soto is the author of 12 poetry collections, including New and Selected Poems, a National Book Award finalist. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines. He lives in Berkeley, California.
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