I Am Offering this Poem Resources

Learn about what the poet's been up to lately, and explore his works and books on his official website.

This webpage delves into Baca's work, providing a nice summary of his important books.

Here's Baca reading his poem, with some beautiful hills and clouds for a backdrop.

Check out this extended trailer for a documentary about Baca's life.

Here he is, with a look of deep concentration—pretty appropriate for a poet, we'd say.

Here's a photograph of the traditional Navajo dwelling, a "hogan," mentioned in the poem.

Since the speaker of "I Am Offering this Poem" says his poem is like a bowl of yellow corn, here's a bowl of yellow corn (and a recipe). That looks tasty, doesn't it?

Here he talks about his long path from prison to poetry in this interview on NPR's "All Things Considered."

Baca talks about being a poet, his outreach efforts to youth and schools, and the barrio in this interview.

This is the collection of poetry in which "I Am Offering this Poem" appears.

This book on the history of Chicano literature includes a section on Jimmy Santiago Baca's work.

Jimmy Santiago Baca makes on appearance on this show in 2003.

This 1993 feature film is based on the life of Jimmy Santiago Baca.