Gary Soto: New and Selected Poems

For over two decades, the award-winning poet and author Gary Soto has been offering his readers a vision that transcends the ordinary, making him one of today's most celebrated Chicano writers. "New and Selected Poems" includes the best of his seven full-length collections, plus over 23 new poems previously unpublished in book form. From the charged, short-lined poems of Soto's early writing to an unflinching look at poverty and hard labor in California's Central Valley to the off-beat humor in his longer, more recent work, "New and Selected Poems" is a timely tribute to a brilliant writer whose work confirms the power of the human spirit to survive and soar.Gary Soto is the author of 'Gary Soto: New and Selected Poems', published 1995 under ISBN 9780811807616 and ISBN 0811807614.