How to Undress a Cop
Poetry
Poems included in the collection have been awarded the PEN Texas Literary Award.
Synopsis: It's not every book of poetry that includes an "Ode to Body Armor." But then, it's not every poet whose experience in academia includes a stint at the police academy.
The poems of Sarah Cortez are tough-minded, verbally supple, and often deeply erotic. And each of these fifty lyric poems displays her many facets: the street smarts of a law enforcement officer, the bilingual vocabulary of a proud Mexican American; the linguistic dexterity of an erstwhile Latin teacher; and the frank sensuality of a strong and spirited woman.
Reviews
“And you thought there was no poetry in police work! This dazzling collection . . . is an entrancing literary quickie…”
“Full of hard-edged description and fast-flowing narratives ... By turns erotic, tender, and gritty ... Powerfully direct.”
Product Details
ISBN: 1-55885-301-4
ISBN-13: 978-1-55885-301-0
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Pub. Date:September 2000
