Poetry. Latino/a Studies. Carlos Cortez is the better half of the twentieth century walking. Through his words and woodcuts Cortez is a delightful and important chronicler of labor movements, Chicano history and, of course, la vida. We do well lending him an ear, an eye, a moment of our busy time. This is how we prepare to be human -- by stopping to pay respect, to learn from, make use of the gifts an artist and activist among us has for so long so generously offered -- Ana Castillo. Firmly rooted in his own ethnic identity, Carlos Cortez makes poems, images that transcend the various limits of ethnicity and class. Sometimes sweetly, often angrily, they speak to all those who care to listen, see and think anew-- Dan Georgakas. Includes 22 black and white Linocut prints. - from Amzon