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Songs Older Than Any Known Singer: Selected and New Poems 1974-2006

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Songs Older Than Any Known Singer: Selected and New Poems 1974-2006 - Santos, John Phillip, and Madrid, Arturo (Foreword by)
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In a story told in part by ghosts, the authortakes the reader through the Inframundo, the timeless underworld of the ancient peoples of Mexico, to find out how he came to be the scion of a now-childless family. His tale is inhabited by eclectic charactersa clairvoyant albino aunt; a great-grandfather stolen by the Kickapu Indians; an aunt who learned English from the young Lyndon Baines Johnson in exchange for cabbages and potatoes. Combining traditional memoir, ancient Mexican history and beliefs, personal sacramental ...

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Songs Older Than Any Known Singer: Selected and New Poems 1974-2006 2007, Wings Press (TX)

ISBN-13: 9780916727352

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