How to undress a cop : poems / by Sarah Cortez ; foreword by Naomi Shihab Nye.

By: Publication details: Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press , 2000.Description: 80 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781558853010
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 811.6 COR
LOC classification:
  • PS3553.O7227 H69 2000
Awards:
  • Winner of the PEN Texas Literary Award for Poetry
Summary: 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.
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811.6 BLA Storm toward morning 811.6 BRO The tradition 811.6 CHA This is not a Frank Ocean cover album 811.6 COR How to undress a cop : poems 811.6 HOC Miscreants : poems 811.6 KAU Milk and honey 811.6 KAU The sun and her flowers

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

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