by Victor Hernández Cruz (Author)

A COLORFUL, PERCUSSIVE COLLECTION SPANNING THIRTY-FIVE YEARS.

At the age of nineteen Victor Hernández Cruz exploded onto the national poetry scene with his dazzling debut, Snaps. Maraca: New and Selected Poems 1965-2000 is a sumptuous collection representing over thirty-five years of poetic evolution from one of America's most exhilarating poets, featuring work from long out-of-print works, including Papo Got His Gun, Snaps, Mainland, Tropicalization, By Lingual Wholes, and Rhythm, Content & Flavor.