Baca, now a celebrated poet and the recipient of many honors including a Pushcart Prize and American Book Award, discovered the power of poetry while serving a prison sentence for drug dealing. Here he recalls his turbulent youth and ...

Award-winning memoirist, poet, and activist, Jimmy Santiago Baca has established himself as an inspiring and important spokesperson for the Chicano experience, continually giving voice to the voiceless. His first novel, A Glass of Wat...