Poet Sasha Pimentel talks about her new collection For Want of Water. We talk about the origins of collection, the role of the body, the influence of landscapes and more.
About Sasha Pimentel:
Sasha Pimentel was born in Manila and raised in the United States and Saudi Arabia. She received an MFA from California State University, Fresno. Pimentel is the author of For Want of Water (Beacon Press, 2017), which was selected for the National Poetry Series by Gregory Pardlo, and Insides She Swallowed (West End Press, 2010), which received the 2011 American Book Award. She currently teaches in the Bilingual MFA Program at the University of Texas at El Paso. She lives in El Paso, Texas.
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Thursday, October 12, 2017