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Patrilineation

Patrilineation

Paperback

English as a Second LanguageGeneral Poetry

Publisher Price: $10.00

ISBN10: 1957062320
ISBN13: 9781957062327
Publisher: Gunpowder Press
Published: Jun 12 2026
Pages: 44
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.11 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Bilingual (English/Spanish) edition. Winner of the Alta California Chapbook Prize, selected by Raina León. From the first poem in Patrilineation, the stakes are high. The author invites us into an early memory, rooted in a tender and fragile part of the body, through a lens of loss: the eyelashes of a child. In these poems, we confront a truth: we live and breathe and move always vulnerable, always at the edge of or in the process of losing. How do we name our lineages, what we have inherited, and transmute the strength that comes from pain into a strength that, itself, multiples the transformational possibilities of love to others and the self? How do we name the political hypocrisies-all men are created equal-while knowing the threats all around you and holding your child, in all his beauty, in your arms? These poems engage questions, guide us into reflection, and agitate us towards action, change, and love.

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Gómez, Carlos Andrés

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English as a Second Language