Baca, Jimmy Santiago, 1952-
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Jimmy Santiago Baca, an American writer, was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on January 2, 1952. At the age of twenty-one he was sentenced to five years in a maximum security prison for drug offenses. In prison he learned to read and write and began to compose poetry. His book Martin & Meditations on the South Valley, a pair of long narrative poems, won an American Book Award in 1988. In addition to his poetry collections and stories, Baca wrote the screenplay for the movie Bound by Honor, which was released by Hollywood Pictures in 1993.
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| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Baca, Jimmy Santiago, 1952-. Jimmy Santiago Baca papers, 1958-2005. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Gish, Robert. Papers, 1967-1999. | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | |
| referencedIn | Hispanic Writers Collection, 1958- | The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch | |
| referencedIn | Incoming letters from Jimmy Santiago Baca, Denise Levertov, and "Mariposa", 1976-1987 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Inman, Will, 1923-. Papers, 1910-2001. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
| creatorOf | Jimmy Santiago Baca papers, 1958-2005 | Stanford university libraries | |
| referencedIn | Lamadrid, Enrique R. Hispanic writers collection, 1958-[ongoing]. | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | |
| referencedIn | Manuscripts and proofs of New Directions books, 1937-1997. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Moser, Norm. Incoming letters from Jimmy Santiago Baca, Denise Levertov, and "Mariposa, " 1976-1987. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Moser, Norman. Incoming correspondence to Norman Moser, circa 1970-1979. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
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| associatedWith | Cobb, James. |
| associatedWith | Epler, Barbara. |
| associatedWith | Gish, Robert |
| associatedWith | Gish, Robert. |
| associatedWith | Gould, Harry. |
| associatedWith | Inman, Will, 1923- |
| associatedWith | Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997. |
| associatedWith | Long, Virginia Love. |
| associatedWith | Moser, Norm |
| associatedWith | Moser, Norm. |
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