A timely new edition of a pioneering work in Latino literature, National Book Award nominee Gary Soto's first collection (originally published in 1977) draws on California's 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 experiences—of the poet as a young man, his friends, family, and neighbors—the poems are spare but expansive, with Soto's 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 This welcome new edition has been expanded with a crucial selection of complementary poems (some previously unpublished) and a new introduction by the author.
- ISBN13 9781452170138
- Publish Date 3 April 2018
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Chronicle Books
- Edition Revised ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 108
- Language English
- URL https://abramsandchronicle.co.uk/book/9781452170138-the-elements-of-san-joaquin-revised-and-expanded/