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    Crossing the Border: Collected Poems
    Crossing the Border: Collected Poems
    Crossing the Border: Collected Poems
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    Crossing the Border: Collected Poems

    By Daniel Olivas

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    From acclaimed fiction writer and book critic, Daniel A. Olivas, comes his first collection of poetry, Crossing the Border. These narrative poems delve deeply into the many ways we cross borders of race, culture, language, religion, and privilege. With humor and pathos, Olivas draws from his own life and from the stories of others to serve as a witness to the great variety of experiences that make us human. With grace and eloquence, he invites readers to cross these borders with him on this intense but necessary journey.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRegal House Publishing
    Release dateJun 1, 2017
    ISBN9780991261291
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      Crossing the Border - Daniel Olivas

      Olivas

      Acknowledgments

      I am not the first writer to consider poetry a form of storytelling. I draw upon many sources including my life (as in Hot Tuesday on Rinaldi and Papa Wrote), the lives of people I have had the honor of knowing (Slip Dream and Why Did You Believe), or news events (Crossing the Border and Woman Gets Probation in Child Neglect Case), to name a few obvious inspirations. Regardless of my poems’ roots, I have many to thank for helping bring my first book of poetry to life:

      Heartfelt thanks to Pact Press for understanding my poetic vision and accepting my manuscript as the press’s debut title. May you sell many books!

      Mil gracias to the wonderful writers Himilce Novas, Rigoberto González and Patty Seyburn who all offer kind words (blurbs!) in support of my book. Each of you has been an inspiration to me, and I deeply appreciate your selfless support of a fellow author.

      I thank the editors of those lovely literary journals who bring poetry to readers and who first published many of the poems that make up this volume. Those journals are proudly acknowledged at the end of this book.

      Over the years, I have become friends with so many writers, editors, educators, librarians, bookstore owners, and others who live in a world of the printed (and online) word. We are a community, and we are strong.

      A special thanks to my parents, Miguel and Isabel Olivas, who made sure that their children had access to books. You instilled in me the joy of reading which is the first step to becoming a writer.

      And, as always, I thank my wife, Sue Formaker, and our son, Benjamin Formaker-Olivas, who make my life joyous, meaningful, and delightfully crazy!

      Copyright © 2017 by Daniel A. Olivas

      First published by Pact Press, an

      imprint of Regal House Publishing, in 2017

      Published by Regal House Publishing, LLC

      Raleigh, NC 27612

      All rights reserved

      Printed in the United States of America

      ISBN -13 (paperback): 978-0-9912612-8-4

      ISBN -13 (ebup): 978-0-9912612-9-1

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2017942250

      Interior design by Lafayette & Greene

      Cover design by Lafayette & Greene

      lafayetteandgreene.com

      Cover photography by Anuta Berg/Shutterstock

      Pact Press

      pactpress.com

      Regal House Publishing, LLC

      https://regalhousepublishing.com

      For Sue and Ben

      Crossing the Border

      It’s now a sport, great fun,

      a diversion from your

      work-a-day grind.

      Hunt the mojados— wetbacks just

      doesn’t sound humane, now does it?

      —as they run across the border from

      Mexico to the great

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