A Place to Stand
- ISBN-10
- 1889921122
- ISBN-13
- 9781889921129
- Series
- A Place to Stand
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 264
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-06-30
- Publisher
- Mountain Press Publishing Company
- Author
- Jimmy Santiago Baca
Description
"A Place to Stand, the wrenching memoir of Jimmy Santiago Baca, details how the written word helped him overcome a life of violence, bigotry, and crime. Now an internationally acclaimed writer and winner of the Pushcart Prize and American Book Award, Baca describes the extreme measures he took to survive on the street and in prison and how poetry became an essential element of his newfound sense of self.
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