Essays on A Place to Stand

Birth of a Poet A writer’s work is influenced by life experiences and his or her interpretation of the world. In Jimmy Santiago Baca’s A Place to Stand, he gives an autobiographical account of his childhood and eventual incarceration in prison. Baca makes the journey...

Jimmy Santiago Baca is an American author who wrote a memoir called “A Place to Stand: The Making of a Poet”. In this memoir, Baca addresses the many challenging adversities he had to face while growing up. In this chapter, Baca uses a notion of...

Hope Behind Bars The life of a prisoner is not one to be envied. Nearly all facets of daily life are controlled by external forces. Robbed of life’s liberty, one is left to ponder the reasons to maintain hope while surrounded by four walls: Hope...