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Swan Song Series\n\nIn the Middle of the Ford,Giuliano LadolfiLove in a Time of Belligerence,Eileen R.TabiosCodify,Irene Koronas  \nlongshadoufall,Michael Mc Aloran  \nThe epic of Gilgamesh,(adaptation by)Saadi Younis BahriZenith,Ingrid Calderon  \nheshe egregore,Daniel Y.Harris &Irene Koronas  \nFuture Anakes in Mouth of NOW,Gerda Govine ItuarteDirty Prety Jaded Soul,Timothy J.Moris &Christopher SoteloSapodilla,Michael RothenbergSerious Longing,Jessica M.Wilson  \n◎Éditions du Cygne(SWAN World),Paris,2020  \nJuan Cardenas  \nwww.editionsducygne.com/swanworldISBN:978-2-84924-610-8  \nJuan Cardenas  \n# The Beat of an Immigrant Chicano\n\nEdited by Jessica M.Wilson  \nÉditions du Cygne/SWAN World  \nThis book of poetry is dedicated to my mother;Yolanda Gomec Cárdenas,to my muse of poetry,Jessica M.Wilson,and to all those who have crossed the border.  \n## Table of Contents\n\nIntroduction  \n79Home.Run.10The Desert Border Ballad12TJ Crows13Cuervos de Tijuana14El Chiapas15No Recess19No Recreo20Four Birthstones21Tangled in Flags22Hardship23Social Damnation24Cortez Continues25We the Cattle26Desert Baptized.27Chapter 2:La Vida L.A.29Resisting Gang Life in the Hood30Beggar31Sound Submissive/Coffee Art32Destructive and Immobile33Parental Responsibility34Notes from a Presentation by Juan Felipe Herrera35Miasmic Evening of Angels36Echo Park Lake 7:30PM 201637San Francisco38Long Beach Sighs39  \nChapter 1:Desert Heartache  \nChapter 3:Beat Poetry from my Brown Chest41The Beat of a Chicano Immigrant42A Madman's VoiceThe Red DreamDoubt of Self Worth47You,Temple of Dawn48Change is Inevitable49Focus Scattered by jazz51Power52The Headache of God53Baroque Royal Poet54Park Bar Blues55Daughter Moon/Son Sun56Lime Flower Feline57  \n4446  \nIntroduction  \nWhat is it to be a Beat these days?Not a lot;life istough for us all in different ways,and part of growingup is learning things the hard way.Society has a way tomake a Beat out of you.  \nThere are many ways a Chicano could be a Beat.In mycase,my hardest struggle has been immigration.Crossing the border,becoming an American,and mostimportantly,realizing that I was an American and nolonger a Mexican;but not a full American.Realizingthat this valley I grew up is my new home,and not myhometown in Leon,Guanajuato,took inner battles,heartache and a book of poetry.The biggest gift wasrealizing that family is where home is.  \nI crossed the desert border to the U.S.from Tijuana atthe age of 10,and realizing that I am a Chicano wasone of the biggest epiphanies of my life.Now,marriedand with two children,I recollect the heartaches andpain I experienced growing up labeled as an immi-grant,through the art of poetry.  \nJuan CárdenasSan FernandoJanuary 2020","cbCaibHGkypj2fnv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibHGkypj2fnv","pdf",1785114,64,"English","# Introduction\n# The Swan Song Series\n## Home.Run.10\n## The Desert Border Ballad12\n## TJ Crows13\n## Cuervos de Tijuana14\n## El Chiapas15\n## No Recess19\n## No Recreo20\n## Four Birthstones21\n## Tangled in Flags22\n## Hardship23\n## Social Damnation24\n## Cortez Continues25\n## We the Cattle26\n## Desert Baptized.27\n## Chapter 2: La Vida L.A.29\n## Resisting Gang Life in the Hood30\n## Beggar31\n## Sound Submissive/Coffee Art32\n## Destructive and Immobile33\n## Parental Responsibility34\n## Notes from a Presentation by Juan Felipe Herrera35\n## Miasmic Evening of Angels36\n## Echo Park Lake 7:30PM 201637\n## San Francisco38\n## Long Beach Sighs39\n# Chapter 1: Desert Heartache\n# Chapter 3: Beat Poetry from my Brown Chest41","[{\"question\":\"What question does the Introduction pose about being a Beat today?\",\"answer\":\"It asks, “What is it to be a Beat these days?” and answers that not a lot—life is tough for everyone in different ways.\"},{\"question\":\"What is described as the author’s biggest struggle?\",\"answer\":\"Immigration: crossing the border, becoming an American, and realizing he was an American yet not fully, while still carrying 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