Jimmy Santiago Baca began writing poetry while he was serving a five-year sentence in prison. His new anthology tells the story of his journey to... Jimmy Santiago Baca, From Prison To Poetry When ...

The way Jimmy Santiago Baca tells it, poetry saved his life — but he's not speaking in hyperbole. Long before the poet won an American Book Award, Baca was in prison on a drug conviction ...

Born in New Mexico of Chicano and Apache descent, Jimmy Santiago Baca was raised first by his ... learning to read and then write poetry.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A documentary about Chicano writer Jimmy Santiago Baca ... education campaign, Baca has been posting photos on social media of him teaching poetry at various schools ...

The letters are themselves poems, and are some of the first things he ever committed to paper as he learned to read and write. Jimmy Santiago Baca spoke with NPR's Arun Rath about his long career.

The way Jimmy Santiago Baca tells it, poetry saved his life — but he's not speaking in hyperbole. Long before the poet won an American Book Award, Baca was in prison on a drug conviction ...

The letters are themselves poems, and are some of the first things he ever committed to paper as he learned to read and write. Jimmy Santiago Baca spoke with NPR's Arun Rath about his long career.

Talking with Jimmy Santiago Baca is like having a conversation with a poem. He speaks in metaphor and constantly contemplates the world around him. He taught himself to read and write while in ...

The anthology begins with a series of letters Baca wrote from prison to a woman named Mariposa. The letters are themselves poems, and are some of the first things he ever committed to paper as he ...