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    612-822-4611

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Return Against the Flow

Return Against the Flow

Praver-Pérez, Susana

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 162557083X
ISBN13: 9781625570833
Publisher: Black Lawrence Press
Published: Feb 9 2024
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.37 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Winner of the Juan Felipe Herrera Award bronze medal (International Latino Book Awards).

Return Against the Flow by Susana Praver-Pérez is a memoir-in-verse that travels back and forth between Puerto Rico and its diaspora, much like the island's pattern of circular migration over the years. Reflecting her personal journey across geographies and languages, Susana's poems move between English and Spanish, and capture the tempo of ambient sounds, such as drumbeats of bomba, or a black-plumed chango chirping at dawn. She unflinchingly explores the daily struggles Puerto Rico faces, while exuberantly celebrating the island's culture, its peoples, and the concept of return. This is a voyage via words the reader will remember long after turning the last page.

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