04040nam a22004453i 4500 EBC6027958 MiAaPQ 20221116162245.0 m o d | cr cnu|||||||| 211129s2020 xx o ||||0 eng d 9780816541430 (electronic bk.) 9780816539512 (MiAaPQ)EBC6027958 (Au-PeEL)EBL6027958 (OCoLC)1137808466 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ PS3601 .R725 S69 2020 Arroyo, Fred. author Sown in Earth : Essays of Memory and Belonging / Fred Arroyo. First edition Arizona : University of Arizona Press, ©2020. 1 online resource (281 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Camino Del Sol Ser. ALA COVID Relief Fund PART I. CONNECTICUT -- 85 Reed Avenue -- Dracula -- Intervals: If I Were a Bell -- Roytype -- World on a String -- Peppers -- Patina -- Newfoundland -- How My Father Taught Me to Write -- Like a Thief in the Night -- PART II. MICHIGAN -- Trash Truck -- Puerto Rican House -- Almost Blue -- Always True -- Blue in Green -- Farmer's Creek -- Sown in Earth -- Blue Memory -- PART III. ISLAND -- Up Jumped Spring -- Ox in the Dusk -- Ají Dulce -- Patio Dreams -- PART IV. OUT OF THIS WORLD -- Grand Marais -- Next Country -- Album -- Working Days -- Nights in the Gardens of Spain -- Calle de Santiago -- Sofrito -- Freight -- Pulsar Watches -- Blood Work -- Other Side of Memory -- Paraíso -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author. Sown in Earth is a collection of personal memories that speak to the larger experiences of hardworking migratory men. Often forgotten or silenced, these men are honored and remembered in Sown in Earth through the lens of Arroyo's memories of his father. Arroyo recollects his father's anger and alcohol abuse as a reflection of his place in society, in which his dreams and disappointments are patterned by work and poverty, loss and displacement, memory and belonging. In Sown in Earth, Arroyo often roots his thoughts and feelings in place, expressing a deep connection to the small homes he inhabited in his childhood, his warm and hazy memories of his grandmother's kitchen in Puerto Rico, the rivers and creeks he fished, and the small cafés in Madrid that inspired writing and reflection in his adult years. Swirling in romantic moments and a refined love for literature, Arroyo creates a sense of belonging and appreciation for his life despite setbacks and complex anxieties along the way. By crafting a written journey through childhood traumas, poverty, and the impact of alcoholism on families, Fred Arroyo clearly outlines how his lived experiences led him to become a writer. Sown in Earth is a shocking yet warm collage of memories that serves as more than a memoir or an autobiography. Rather, Arroyo recounts his youth through lyrical prose to humanize and immortalize the hushed lives of men like his father, honoring their struggle and claiming their impact on the writers and artists they raised. Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. Electronic books. Print version: Arroyo, Fred Sown in Earth : University of Arizona Press,c2020 9780816539512 ProQuest (Firm) Camino Del Sol Ser. https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6027958 Acceso Remoto https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6027958 Acceso en el Campus PUCPR lcc 7 297242 297242 0 0 ddc 0 0 10 10 45 2021-12-07 0 ebook EBC6027958 2021-12-07 00:00:00 2021-12-07 7 0 0 ddc 0 0 1 1 45 2022-09-14 0 000 60000010174594 2022-09-14 00:00:00 Ebooks 2022-09-14 7 0 0 lcc 0 0 12 12 45 2022-11-16 0 PS3601 .R725 S69 2020 50000003291035 2022-11-16 00:00:00 Ebook c. 1 2022-11-16 7