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8888EAST OF THE FREEWAY
8888DEDICATORIA
8888To Angela de Hoyos, gran senora
8888of tejas letters, spiritual den mother,
friend
8888&
8888To the memory of Bob Kaufman,
8888"The REAL Beat."
8888Comentarios on East of the Freeway
. . .
"There is no pretense in these poems. They are sung from the heart
and shoot straight to the gut. Here is a 'beat' poet in the original sense
of that word, drawing equal inspiration from a jazz sax and the ancient
tambor. East of the Freeway is the musical musings of one man, in the
'hood he calls home, 'all to (him)self . . . but never alone."'
888 —Cherríe Moraga
8888Poet, playwright, & essayist. Author,
Loving in the 8888War Years.
"There is a strong bardic voice in American poetry that runs from
Whitman through Hart Crane and William Carlos Williams among others and
then on to Ginsberg. Where is this voice today? It may be found in Austin,
Texas, East of the Freeway, and it resides in the poetry of raúlsalinas."
8888—José E. Limón
8888Professor of English and Anthropology,
8888University of Texas
8888at Austin. Author, Mexican Ballads, Chicano
8888Poem History and
8888Influence in Mexican-American Social
Poetics.
"raúlrsalinas is a veterano. An O.G. An elder. Chicano writers
for the past thirty years have found in him a pathway to the transcendent
poetic. In a barrio blues beat, East of the
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Freeway covers some heavy, often bloody, ground, as a musical score for
a life lived with intent."
8888—Luis J. Rodríguez
8888Poet. Author, Always Running: La Vida
Loca, 8888Gang Days in L.A. "
. . . Raúl Salinas maps the cultural geography of barrio space
in poems that blaze in righteous anger and committed love. The poetic
voice, blending Chicano politics and esthetics with the rhythmic legacies
of jazz and the beat generation, cuts to the bone of the ailing social
body and confirms Salinas's status as organic intellectual y poetazo a
todo dar . . ."
8888—Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano
8888Professor of Spanish, Stanford University.
8888Author, Feminism and the Honor Plays
of Lope de 8888Vega.
8888EAST OF THE FREEWAY (Back cover)
raulrsalinas grew up in Austin, Texas, where he is currently living.
He is the owner of Resistencia Bookstore/Casa de Red Salmon Press, a center
for aspiring writers. raulrsalinas's involvement with various political
movements has earned him an international reputation as an eloquent spokes person
for justice. He has worked extensively with the American Indian Movement,
the International Indian Treaty Council, and the Prisoners' Rights Support
Network. raulrsalinas continues to serve as a local "street counselor"
and peacemaker, and recently participated as consultant at several national
gang peace summits. He is the author of two poetry collections: the chapbook
Viaje/Trip (1973), and the book Un Trip through the Mind Jail (1980).
His poetry has also appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. He
is now working on another volume of poetry, Indio Trails: A Chicano Odyssey
through Indian Country.
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