tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44128239917689637552024-03-05T05:02:38.686-08:00Mexican Jenny and Other PoemsA resource on Barbara Brinson Curiel's poetry collection Mexican Jenny and Other PoemsBarbara Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09068430978341114058noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412823991768963755.post-18119484207947185672014-12-16T08:31:00.000-08:002014-12-16T08:31:13.426-08:00Mexican Jenny in List of 2014 Favorites<i>Aster(ix)</i> journal included <i>Mexican Jenny and Other Poems </i>in its list of <a href="http://asterixjournal.com/asterix-picks-favorite-poetry-20%E2%80%A6/">favorite poetry books of 2014!</a> Reviewer Sheila Maldonado, author of <em>One-Bedroom Solo, </em>writes: <br />
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“This collection is intimate and plain in the face of
hard lives. Brinson Curiel takes on her female subjects with care and
color, painting them stark, without pity, declarative and alive.”<br />
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Barbara Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09068430978341114058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412823991768963755.post-12312387364865200562014-11-11T15:10:00.000-08:002014-11-11T15:10:00.271-08:00Xanath Caraza wrote about <i>Mexican Jenny and Other Poems </i><a href="http://www.periodicodepoesia.unam.mx/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3443&Itemid=115">in her column US Latino Poets en Español.</a> She includes excellent Spanish translations of three poems from the book. Gracias Xanath!Barbara Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09068430978341114058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4412823991768963755.post-84141698838018357292014-06-23T12:17:00.000-07:002014-06-23T12:59:45.937-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mexican Jenny and Other Poems was on Small Press Distribution's <a href="http://www.spdbooks.org/pages/bestsellers/poetry/poetry-bestsellers-may-2014.aspx">May 2014 list of poetry bestsellers!</a>Barbara Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09068430978341114058noreply@blogger.com