Coiled Serpent & The Republic of East LA Bundle

BUNDLE!  Two books The Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising from the Cultural Quakes and Shifts of Los Angeles and The Republic of East LA: Stories -- The Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising from the Cultural Quakes and Shifts of Los Angeles This anthology features the vitality and variety of verse in the City of Angels, a city of poets. This is more about range then representation, voice more than volume. Los Angeles has close to 60 percent people of color, 225 languages spoken at home, and some of the richest and poorest persons in the country. With an expansive 502.7 square miles of city (and beyond, including the massive county of 4,752.32 square miles), the poetry draws on imagery, words, stories, and imaginations that are also vast, encompassing, a real "leaves of grass."  Well-known poets include Holly Prado, Ruben Martinez, traci kato-kiriyama, and Lynne Thompson. Many strong new voices, however, makes this a well-rounded collection for any literary class, program, bookstore, or event. The