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ISBN10: 1948579278
ISBN13: 9781948579278
Publisher: Alice James Books
Published: Sep 13 2022
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781948579278
Publisher: Alice James Books
Published: Sep 13 2022
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Brother Sleep is a collection of grievances through which a speaker mourns the loss of a brother, grandfather, and a sense of self as they navigate a landscape of desire marred by violence against queer and Mexican people. Set in the border cities of El Paso, TX, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, these poems navigate the liminal space between language and silence. As the poems grieve the loss of family, the violence perpetrated against queerness, the bodies lost border-side, and the cruelty against tenderness, Amparan's words bloom in evocation. Reflecting on lovers, friends, family, classmates, and others of impact, they navigate personal reconciliation in response to imposed definitions of their personhood.
These poems evoke an equal sense of sorrow and tenderness amidst a complex landscape of the self.
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