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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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Like a Solid to a Shadow

Like a Solid to a Shadow

Sapiago, Janice Lobo

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General Poetry

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ISBN10: 164362122X
ISBN13: 9781643621227
Publisher: Nightboat Books
Published: Apr 26 2022
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.32 Width: 6.30 Depth: 8.35
Language: English

A reissue of the Santa Clara County poet laureate's lauded second book that deals with translation, grief, and reflection of lineage and identity.

like a solid to a shadow is a documentary poetry collection about grieving, fatherlessness, and the limitations of language. Sapigao finds her deceased father's love 'letters' to her mother: cassette tapes recorded in Illokano, a language of which she has imperfect knowledge. The book moves through Sapigao's process of translating and transcribing the tapes; playing with, learning, and unlearning the Ilokano and English languages. This book then launches from the tapes to ask what can we really know? when it comes to family lineages and personal histories. Through family trees, photos, and mapping, Sapigao articulates, distorts, and heals her knowledge of the man who is her deceased father.

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