Here lies Lalo : The collected poems of Abelardo Delgado

Here lies Lalo : The collected poems of Abelardo Delgado

  • Author: Delgado, Abelardo
  • Publisher: Arte Público Press
  • ISBN: 9781558856943
  • eISBN Pdf: 9781611922899
  • Place of publication:  Houston , United States
  • Year of publication: 2011
  • Pages: 224

Known as the “poet laureate de Aztlán” and called “the grandfather of Chicano literature” in his 2004 obituary in The New York Times, Delgado used his words to fight for justice and equal opportunity for people of Mexican descent living in the United States. A twelve-year-old when he emigrated from northern Mexico to El Paso, Texas, Delgado’s development as a poet and writer coincided with the Chicano Civil Rights movement, and so his poems both reflect the suffering of the oppressed and are a call to action.
Available for the first time to mainstream audiences, Delgado’s poems included in this landmark volume were written between 1969 and 2001, and are in Spanish, English, and a combination of both languages. While many of his poems protest mistreatment and discrimination, especially as experienced by farm workers, many others focus on love of family and for the land and traditions of his people.
Delgado wrote and self-published 14 books of poetry—none of which are available today—and five of them are included in this long-awaited volume. These poems by a pioneering Chicano poet and revolutionary are a must-read for anyone interested in the Chicano Civil Rights movement and the origins of Chicano literature.

  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Table of contents
  • Prefatory note
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Chicano: 25 pieces of a chicano mind (1969)
    • La Raza
    • La Huelga
    • La Tierra
    • El Macho
    • La Hembra
    • La Causa
    • El 16 de Septiembre
    • El Inmigrante
    • Poema
    • Cactus Fruit
    • El Compadre
    • A César Chávez
    • El Barrio
    • El Río Grande
    • Narciso
    • El Chisme
    • The Majic Valley
    • La Revolución
    • Mamá Lupe
    • La Guadalupana
    • El 26 de Agosto
    • Un Telegrama
    • Stupid America
    • El Vendido
    • The Chicano Manifesto
  • Bajo el Sol de Aztlán (1973)
    • Snow in Albuquerque
    • Aquí
    • Why Am I Here?
    • Erline
    • Museum Piece
    • Metamorphosis
    • Twin Falls
    • Oh, Shit
    • La Secre
    • My Unborn Sons (Or Daughters)
    • Laloisms
    • The Inn of the Seven Arts (Better Known as the Pittman’s)
    • You
    • Ya No
    • The Poet as a Mirror
    • Happy 200th Anniversary (In Case We Get There)
    • Espinas
    • Stephanie
    • Uanetl, Indio sin Regalo
    • Envy
    • From Los to Reno
    • Cream or Sugar?
    • Three Margaritas Later
    • Feliz Cumpleaños, Esposa Mía
    • From Albu to Tucson
    • Preguntas Pesadas
  • Under the Skirt of Lady Justice 43 Skirts of Abelardo (1978)
    • Requiem for an Ex CAP Director
    • No Tengo Papeles
    • Anclas de Desunidad
    • From Frisco to Fresno
    • The Last Wow
    • Wife
    • La Barraca
    • What Is Life?
    • Scumble
    • De Corpus a San Antonio
    • The I.A.
    • Alternative Ed
    • De Harlingen a Corpus
    • The Willing and Unwilling Victims
    • Sixteen
    • Those Temporary Labor Camp Blues
    • De Macalitos a Harlingen
    • The Poor Have Now a Voice: Stereophonic at That
    • The Group
    • Wow
    • Updated Prayers for Novochristians
    • My Unborn Sons or Daughters
    • Padre Island, Ten A.M.
    • Leftovers
    • Bilingual State
    • En la Cantina
    • Christian Mythology
    • De San Vicente de las Ciénegas (Silver City) a Alburque
    • At Steve’s
    • Ambassador
    • Parliamentary Procedure
    • Desde Billings hasta Salt Lake
    • From Garden City to Hays
    • Madre
    • La Violencia
    • El Corrido de Ft. Lupton
    • En Billings También
    • La Ciudad del Cañón
    • De Los Angeles a Fresno
    • Friday 12-16-77
  • La llorona: An Epic Poem (1980)
    • La Llorona
    • Captando el Cuarto Canto
    • Vo
    • Space Age
    • De Frisco a Boise
    • Shssst
    • Metz
  • Living Life on His Own Terms (2001)
    • More than fifty years ago,
    • Living Life on His Own Terms
    • Bring in the Lions
    • Dallas/Ft. Worth to Denver
    • Harmony in Diversity
    • Mind Wonderings
    • My Mother, Part I
    • My Mother, Part II
    • A Word
    • It’s a Flip of the Coin
    • Penitente
    • Sabastian Michael
    • Where?
    • At Socorro High
    • Carta Abierta a España
    • El Río Grande I
    • El Río Grande II
    • Madre
    • ¿Por Qué?
    • Qué Bochorno
    • Cabezón
    • Café con Besos
    • Calaveras
    • Él
    • El Araña
    • El Movimiento
  • Also Published by Arte Público Press

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