Breathing Between the Lines


Breathing Between the Lines

Breathing Between the Lines

In Breathing Between the Lines, the writer returns to poetry, her first love. From childhood, writing poems has been both a refuge and a release through the power of her own imagination. In 1988, however, Martinez`s poetry was used against her in a federal indictment for smuggling Salvadoran refugees into the United States. The incriminating poem carried this punch line: In my country, we sing of a baby in a manger, finance death squads . Seven long months later, she was acquitted. After the trial - a poet`s nightmare, in which words, so full of liberating possibilities, were twisted and used against me - Martinez`s poetry dried up. Years passed before the miracle of writing finally brought her reconciliation and a return to sanity from the searing experience. Once again, poetry now drives her life, fills her days, and gives meaning to a world gone crazy. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.

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Breathing Between the Lines - ISBN: 9780816517985 - Author(s): Demetria Martinez - Publisher: Univ of Arizona Pr
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