Lotería Cards and Fortune Poems: A Book of Lives
Description
**Congratulations to Juan Felipe Herrera, who was appointed U.S. Poet Laureate for 2015-2016, the first Latino poet to receive this honor!**Lotería Cards and Fortune Poems pairs the masterful artwork of Mexican artist Artemio Rodriguez witht he poetry of Juan Felipe Herrera, one of America's finest Chicano writers.Here is a collection of linoleum cuts and poetry based on the imagery of la lotería, a popular folkloric game of chance that originated in 18th-century colonial Mexico and is still quite popular today. Rodriguez's prints are haunting and exquisite...
ISBN(s)
087286359X, 9780872863590
