Imaginary Animal

by Rachelle Escamilla

Overview

Poetry collection by Rachelle Linda Escamilla, Chicana poet from the Central Coast of California. Second edition. 2014 Grand Prize Winner for Poetry, Willow Books Literature Awards. Escamilla was a visiting scholar at the Library of Congress, Hispanic Division, where she conducted research around her grandfather's 1969 testimony for the fair treatment of migrant laborers in California. While at the Library of Congress, Escamilla recorded her poems for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape: Palabra and published an article, Searching for my Family with the Library of Congress.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781737987680
Publisher:	Aquarius Press
Publication date:	04/08/2022
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	84
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Rachelle Escamilla is a Chicana poet from the Central Coast of California. She is the founder of a number of creative writing and poetry programs in the U.S. Escamilla was the producer and host of the longest running poetry radio show in the U.S. and was a visiting scholar at the Library of Congress, Hispanic Division, where her poetry was recorded for Palabra, the library's audio archive. Her article, Searching for my Family, about her grandfather's testimony to Congress in 1969 about the working conditions for migrant workers, was published by the Library of Congress.