Gentefication: Four Way Books Levis Prize in Poetry
Autor Antonio de Jesús Lópezen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 sep 2021
of bodies, but as first tied with language. It asks, what are the hauntings of a tongue that is repeatedly told, ‘one must learn English in order to succeed in this country’? What is the psychological trauma deployed not by right-wing bigots, but of white liberal institutions that give scholarships to Latinx students, but nevertheless prop up white supremacy by viewing their payments as charity? How do Latinx students become complicit in this tokenizing? “Gentefication” wrestles with this ‘survivor’s guilt’ of higher education, of feeling as if you’re the only one among your homies that ‘made it.’ And in an American moment dealing with scandals across multiple universities this work is a timely intervention that advocates for first-generation audiences, for readers of color, and for all those vested in the protracted struggle for our fair shot.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781945588969
ISBN-10: 1945588969
Pagini: 136
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: FOUR WAY BOOKS
Colecția Four Way Books
Seria Four Way Books Levis Prize in Poetry
ISBN-10: 1945588969
Pagini: 136
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: FOUR WAY BOOKS
Colecția Four Way Books
Seria Four Way Books Levis Prize in Poetry
Recenzii
“In his debut poetry collection, Gentefication, Antonio de Jesús Lopéz adorns novelty with innovation by rendering the reader—in addition to the objective world—in surprising new ways. As if they were exorcising our demons or, less ominously, assigning us roles that break from the typecast routines of our daily lives, these poems call to the surface aspects of ourselves that we are rarely asked to engage. Poems tender and ironic, earnest and outraged display a mind abundant with knowledge yet desperate for answers. While so much American poetry asks of the reader only their passive attention, these poems work like personal trainers. They call for the kind of mental and spiritual absorption that can make prayer feel productive.”
—Gregory Pardlo, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
—Gregory Pardlo, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Notă biografică
Antonio de Jesús Lopéz is the winner of the Four Way Books Levis Poetry Prize, selected by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gregory Pardlo. He is a member of the East Palo Alto, California City Council.
Extras
from "Triptych of the Adobe-Cotta Army"
East Palo Alto, Circa 2000 A.D.
My fingers are desperate
to unearth the ruins
of my countrymen.
Only to find a Tesla
on the second floor
of our apartments
—now a parking garage.
The Amazon logo
smirks above me
like a biblical cloud.
East Palo Alto, Circa 2000 A.D.
My fingers are desperate
to unearth the ruins
of my countrymen.
Only to find a Tesla
on the second floor
of our apartments
—now a parking garage.
The Amazon logo
smirks above me
like a biblical cloud.