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28 pages ; 23 cm |
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Axe Library Chapbook Collection.
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| Summary |
"After giving birth to her son, Raquel Vasquez Gilliland had a nervous breakdown so severe her husband quit his job to help with the baby. Two years later, she examined the experience with poetry. Mental illness runs on her mother's side of the family, with the Vasquez women specifically. As Gilliland searched for the reasons why these women suffered, she found stories. Some of these tales are from the lips of her mother, Maria Elena, and grandmother, Ofelia. Some tales are unearthed from the fertile dirt where poems grow. Put together, Tales From the House of Vasquez is an archetypal journey in verse."--Publisher's website |
| Contents |
The Tale of La Nieta -- The Tale of Madness -- The Tale of the Serpent -- The Tale of Kitchen Spirits -- The Tale of La Margaret -- The Tale of Called Magic -- The Tale of the Earth -- The Tale of the River Woman -- The Tale of Desire -- The Tale of Postpartum -- The Tale of Spice -- The Tale of Ama Rosa -- The Tale of La Llorona -- The Tale of the House of Vasquez. |
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Motherhood -- Poetry.
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Mental illness -- Poetry.
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Mental illness. (OCoLC)fst01016547
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Motherhood. (OCoLC)fst01026907
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Poetry.
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| ISBN |
9781931307383 |
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1931307385 |
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