Marjorie Agosin, Author, Brigid A. Milligan, Translator, Laura Rocha Nakazawa, Translator Wings Press (TX) $17.95 (188p) ISBN 978-0-930324-75-9
A Jew in a world of Gentiles and a Chilean transported to America, Agosin has always lived between worlds which is amply reflected in the two dozen books of poetry and memoir that she has crafted. Meditative yet penetrating, the new poems in this
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Marjorie Agosín, trans. from the Spanish by E.M. O’Connor, illus. by Lee White. S&S/Atheneum, $16.99 (464p) ISBN 978-1-4169-5344-9
Agosín’s rich, expansive novel, based on true events in Chile during the 1970s, covers three turbulent years in Celeste Marconi’s life. Sixth-grader Celeste, surrounded by a loving family and lively friends, basks in the natural beauty of coastal...
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Marjorie Agosin, Author, Isabel Allende, Author, Elizabeth Horan, Translator White Pine Press (NY) $14 (238p) ISBN 978-1-877727-34-4
In these fantastical stories Chilean-born poet Agosin ( Sargasso ) weaves strange and beautiful images of hair, water, food and darkness. However, deft writing alone cannot anchor and balance this frustrating collection; the brevity of the pieces...
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Marjorie Agosin, Author, Richard Schaaf, Translator Bilingual Press/Editorial Biling-Ue $16 (192p) ISBN 978-0-927534-46-8
Agosin, a U.S. native, was raised in Chile and writes in Spanish. At first, these bright lyrics on somber themes (mostly alluding to recent history: ``Auschwitz,'' ``What Was Yugoslavia'') intrigue and captivate with the gentle surprise of their...
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Marjorie Agosin, Author, Marjorie Agosc-N, Author, Marjorie Agosn, Author Feminist Press $18.95 (264p) ISBN 978-1-55861-195-5
""Journeys for Jews are like textures of memories,"" writes Chilean poet Agosin (A Cross and a Star: Memoirs of a Jewish Girl in Chile) in this beautifully composed tribute to the life of her father, Moises Agosin (b. 1922), a volume in the Helen...
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Marjorie Agosin, Author, Nancy Abraham Hall, Translator, Nancy Abraham Hall, Introduction by , trans. from the Spanish and intro. by Nancy Abraham Hall, prelude by Isabel Al Univ. of Georgia $29.95 (134p) ISBN 978-0-8203-2629-0
With lyrical prose and deep passion, writer and poet Agosín (Sargasso
; Starry Night
; etc.) maps out her past and the places that have given her life meaning. Written as a series of what Allende calls "prose poems," the book's...
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