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100	1		_aArroyo, Fred. _eauthor
245	1	0	_aSown in Earth : _bEssays of Memory and Belonging / _cFred Arroyo.
250			_aFirst edition
264		4	_aArizona : _bUniversity of Arizona Press, _c©2020.
300			_a1 online resource (281 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
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338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCamino Del Sol Ser.
500			_aALA COVID Relief Fund
505	0		_aPART 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.
520			_aSown 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.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aArroyo, Fred _tSown in Earth _d : University of Arizona Press,c2020 _z9780816539512
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830		0	_aCamino Del Sol Ser.
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