University of Texas at El Paso DigitalCommons@UTEP Open Access Theses & Dissertations 2010-01-01 Exile in the Gramola: A Jewinican (Re)Collection Roberto Alejandro Santos University of Texas at El Paso,
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[email protected]. EXILE IN THE GRAMOLA: A JEWINICAN (RE)COLLECTION ROBERTO ALEJANDRO SANTOS Department of Creative Writing APPROVED: _____________________________________________ Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Committee Chair _____________________________________________ Sasha Pimentel Chacón, M.F.A. _____________________________________________ Maceo Dailey, Ph.D. _____________________________________________ Patricia D. Witherspoon, Ph.D. Dean of the Graduate School Copyright © 2010 by Roberto Alejandro Santos All Rights Reserved. Livication For my family & friends EXILE IN THE GRAMOLA: A JEWINICAN (RE)COLLECTION by ROBERTO ALEJANDRO SANTOS, B.A., M.F.A. THESIS Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at El Paso in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF FINE ARTS Department of Creative Writing THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO May 2010 Preface to Exile in the Gramola : A Jewinican (Re)Collection What is a book of poetry but a collection of words and lines, truths and lies, questions and almost-answers.