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Aj Xol Héctor Rolando B’ich q’eqchi’ - INDIGENOUS POETRY FROM ABIAYA Collection, 1
$16.95Whereas Indigenous communities throughout the Americas have been historically defined by place, Q’eqchi’ speakers “have the largest geographical extension of all Maya groups” (Kahn). As such, Q’eqchi’ authors like Aj Xol have a unique perspective on what it means to be rooted to a place, to migrate, and to live in community. His poems deal with the...
In StockIrene G. 64. Fear Drinks Fear
$14.95Irene G. closes some of her wounds with this new collection of poems, without ceasing to be a ‘broken woman who swims in her own warm blood’, facing the mourning of abandonment, of loss, of the descent into the depths of solitude, with the thirst of a woman who longs to ‘kill fear’, and a ‘new life made of bits of life’. With the experience of a skilled...
In StockGalván, Miguel Ángel 62. On Oblivion and Other Poems
$16.95On Oblivion and Other Poems is a viscerally carnal and intimate portrait of the poet, a versed rendering of his own long day’s journey into night. Balancing a deep sense of loss and regret is the refuge taken in favorite novels from antiquity to the present as well as humorous, if not deeply insightful observations of the animal kingdom, which perhaps say...
In StockCorrea-Díaz, Luis 61. Up from Georgia-lcd
$16.95Don’t let the demure-looking, tuneful wreath of sestets fool you.Intertextual and self-referential, these sharp poetic sound bites shimmerwith intellectual verve, humor, and “sci-tech verbal prestidigitations.” Theyreflect on place and democracy, on our future as “proto cyborgs” and ourcollective delusions. Is “the bio-exceptionalism we/affirm” “a miracle...
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