March/Abrazo Press

A collection of poetry by Chicago poet Beatriz Badikian with scratch board artwork by Lonnie Poco.

A chapbook-style collection of poetry by early 1980s Chicago-based poet Ken Serritos. Published by Movimiento ARtistico CHicano (MARCH) with funding from the Illinois Arts Council. With black-and-white photo of poet.

Emergency Tacos is a collection of poetry from the Hispanic community in Chicago. Included are Beatriz Badikan, Sandra Cisneros, Carlos Cortez, Carlos Cumpian and several others. This collection details the Latin-American experience with poems about topics as divergent as cultural identity and mundane everyday struggles.

"... voice of a Mexicana, Chicana, Latina and Americana, a culturally transplanted soul whose word portraits vividly color her childhood, family friends and enemies on both sides of the Mexican-United States border."

Chicagoan Carlos Cortez is one of the U.S.A.'s leading Chicano artists and poets. In this new collection of poems and scratch board drawings, Cortez shares his love and concern for the land of his mestizo and Yaqui ancestors. Cortez's art and words help us see with "bicultural eyes" the history of California (Califas) with a landscape alive with condors, cougars, tall saquaros, and even giant cloud formations. Cortez's poems speak in the persona of Koyokuikatl (Coyote Song), who places his strong clear verse in defense of its threatened inhabitants, In addition, he embodies the nostalgic traveler who is capable of "Beat" haikus or the wisdom of the Chicano working-class.