Jimmy Santiago Baca Summary

In the article “Jimmy Santiago Baca” by the Poetry foundation the authors explain how writing changed Baca’s life. When he did not know how to write, he was just trying to survive which got him into drugs. When he was put into jail, thanks to doing drugs, Baca began to thrive once he learned how to read and write. He thrived by using good language and proper grammar. Once he started writing poems Baca was learning how to use language properly and became a poet. He had gotten a good job as a poet and had mastering language in jail.