How to undress a cop : poems
Cortez, Sarah
How to undress a cop : poems / by Sarah Cortez ; foreword by Naomi Shihab Nye. - Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press , 2000. - 80 p. ; 22 cm.
It's not every book of poetry that includes an Ode to Body Armor. But then, it's not every poet whose experience in academia includes a stint at the police academy. The poems of Sarah Cortez are tough-minded, verbally supple, and often deeply, even explicitly, erotic. And all the fifty poems collected here display her many facets: the street smarts and cool analytic eye of a law-enforcement officer, the unique sensibility and bilingual vocabulary of a proud Mexican American, the linguistic dexterity of a Latin teacher, and the frank sensuality of a strong and spirited woman. Surveying fellow officers, friends, criminals, lovers, strangers, and family, Cortez has learned that a bulletproof vest may -- with luck -- protect the body, but protecting the heart from harm is a more mysterious affair.
Winner of the PEN Texas Literary Award for Poetry
9781558853010
00041636
Mexican American Women---Poetry
PS3553.O7227 / H69 2000
811.6 COR
How to undress a cop : poems / by Sarah Cortez ; foreword by Naomi Shihab Nye. - Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press , 2000. - 80 p. ; 22 cm.
It's not every book of poetry that includes an Ode to Body Armor. But then, it's not every poet whose experience in academia includes a stint at the police academy. The poems of Sarah Cortez are tough-minded, verbally supple, and often deeply, even explicitly, erotic. And all the fifty poems collected here display her many facets: the street smarts and cool analytic eye of a law-enforcement officer, the unique sensibility and bilingual vocabulary of a proud Mexican American, the linguistic dexterity of a Latin teacher, and the frank sensuality of a strong and spirited woman. Surveying fellow officers, friends, criminals, lovers, strangers, and family, Cortez has learned that a bulletproof vest may -- with luck -- protect the body, but protecting the heart from harm is a more mysterious affair.
Winner of the PEN Texas Literary Award for Poetry
9781558853010
00041636
Mexican American Women---Poetry
PS3553.O7227 / H69 2000
811.6 COR
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