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Jimmy santiago baca, winner of the pushcart prize and the american book award, has been called an heir to pablo neruda and one of the best poets in america. Jimmy santiago bacas astonishing narrative of his life before, during, and immediately after the years he spent in the maximumsecurity prison garnered tremendous critical acclaim. Finding a place to stand is designed to support educators in community centers, schoolbased programs and spaces of incarceration to facilitate critical dialogues and creative engagement with concepts presented in the film. A place to stand follows bacas path from childhood abandonment in estancia, new mexico, through adolescent drug dealing and a subsequent 5year narcotics sentence at arizona state prison, one of the most violent prisons in the country. The book was the last of kings novels published by doubleday in september 1978. A friend recommended the book, i really was unsure why but i persisted.
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