A Place to Stand : The Making of a Poet by Jimmy Santiago Baca (2007, E-book)

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Jimmy Santiago Baca's harrowing, brilliant memoir of his life before, during, and immediately after the years he spent in a maximum-security prison garnered tremendous critical acclaim and went on to win the prestigious 2001 International Prize

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• ISBN bar code 9781555848903 ξ2 registered July 15 2021
  
• ISBN bar code 9781555848903 ξ3 registered April 10 2016
  
• ISBN bar code 9781555848903 ξ1 registered September 24 2015
  
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Long considered one of the best poets in America today, Baca was illiterate at the age of twenty-one and facing five to ten years behind bars for selling drugs. A Place to Stand is the remarkable tale of how he emerged after his years in the penitentiary -- much of it spent in isolation -- with the ability to read and a passion for writing poetry. A vivid portrait of life inside a maximum-security prison and an affirmation of one man's spirit in overcoming the most brutal adversity, A Place to Stand "stands as proof there is always hope in even the most desperate lives" -- (Fort Worth Morning Star-Telegram). "A Place to Stand is a hell of a book, quite literally. You won't soon forget it." -- Luis Urrea, The San Diego Union-Tribune "This book will have a permanent place in American letters." -- Jim Harrison

^ Jimmy Santiago Baca (2007). A Place to Stand ISBN 9781555848903 (revised Sep 2015)
^ A Place to Stand : The Making of a Poet by Jimmy Santiago Baca (2007, E-book) ISBN 9781555848903 (revised Feb 2023)
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