Tag: Jade Publishing

• one more from Vincent Cooper

  In my recent microreview & interview of Vincent Cooper’s Zarzamora (Jade Publishing, 2019), I spoke about Cooper’s ability to tap into lyricism that catalogues and captures through immersive narrative. When the subject is family, loss, and memory, taking one’s time with the weight of each detail is necessary and instructive. What matters ultimately, though, is what is […]

  José Angel Araguz

  June 7, 2019

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  blog, Chicano, creative writing, Jade Publishing, Jose Angel Araguz, Latinx Poetry, literature, poetry, reading, the friday influence, Vincent Cooper, Zarzamora

• microreview & interview: Zarzamora by Vincent Cooper

  review by José Angel Araguz Vincent Cooper’s Zarzamora: Poetry of Survival (Jade Publishing, 2019) is a collection grounded in the great traditions of Chicano poetry. These poems recall the immersive narratives of Jimmy Santiago Baca and Luis J. Rodriguez along with the image-driven lyricism of Gary Soto’s early work. What sets Cooper’s work apart is the distinct […]

  José Angel Araguz

  June 4, 2019

  microreviews & interviews, Uncategorized

  blog, Chicano, creative writing, Jade Publishing, Jose Angel Araguz, Latinx, literature, poetry, reading, the friday influence, Vincent Cooper, Zarzamora