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Jimmy Santiago Baca, known for his evocative poetry, chronicles his life in *A Place to Stand*, beginning with his childhood on small New Mexican farms, through orphanages and detention centres, and into a period of drug dealing in San Diego and Arizona. Five years later, after surviving the harsh conditions of maximum‑security prison—where he learned to read and to write poetry—Baca emerges profoundly changed. The memoir offers an intimate look at his personal transformation under solitary confinement and the broader context of Mexican‑American identity and life in the United States.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir
Authors: Jimmy Santiago Baca
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