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Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems

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  • Juan Felipe Herrera
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    …Border: Undocuments 1971–2007 (2007) and Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems (2008) were particularly well received. The former—a compilation of text, illustrations, and photographs spanning nearly four decades that document life on the road in and between California and Mexico—won the PEN West Poetry Award and…

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