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Article: The Great Whirl of Exile.
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- The Progressive
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- November 1, 1999
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The Great Whirl of Exile by Leroy V. Quintana Curbstone Press. 59 pages. $12.95.
Lueroy V. Quintana is one of the most under-read, "successful" writers publishing today. His volume of poetry Sangre (Prima Agua Press, 1981) won both the El Paso Border Regional Library Association Award and the American Book Award for poetry. Yet Quintana's writing suffers from invisibility today, as does the work of many Latino writers. In spite of this, he continues to produce riveting poems.
His latest book, The Great Whirl of Exile, is no exception. He takes his title from Pablo Neruda's poem "Fully Empowered," which begins, "It's well known that he who returns never ...