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Arsonist
Full title: | Arsonist |
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ISBN: | 9781934695593 |
ISBN 10: | 1934695599 |
Authors: | Joaquín Zihuatanejo |
Publisher: | Anhinga Press |
Num. pages: | 90 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2018 |
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Synopsis
'winner Of The 2017 Anhinga Robert Dana Prize, Selected By Eduardo C. Corral, Arsonist Is A Shape-shifter Of A Book, A Book That Leaves The Reader With An Existential 'shivering', Yet, It Is On Fire. Loaded With Lethal Chemicals, Like, Let Us Say, Desire, Abandonment, Separation And Industrialized Lives Without Homelands, Burning In Their Brutal Severance, 'arsonist' Is A Spilling And Boiling Caldron Of Zig-zag Figures, Of Wild Colors Split From Their Root, 'a Son's Desperate Attempt To / Clear The Air' -- Of Things That Long To Congeal, Yet, They Smash Into Blanks, Smoke And The Questions Of Forgiveness And Birth. Here, A Relentless, Piercing Clarity, A Precious Text Without Trappings, An Examination Of Loss And Love. I Salute Zihuatanejo For This Blistering Beauty Among The Ashes.'' --juan Felipe Herrera, Poet Laureate Of The United States 2015-2017