The Lust of Unsentimental Waters (Paperback, New)

Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. "Rosa Alcala's poems dwell in the liminal space between the personal and the political--poems built on the idea that 'the world exists, ' and that work to define the metaphysical and ephemeral architectures of origin, migration, nationalism, and loss. Rosa Alcala is uncompromising, wry, and brutal: all of the qualities that significant poetic works of cultural criticism require."--Carmen Gimenez Smith"'I want to know how everything changes with the price of admission, ' writes Rosa Alcala in her extraordinary new book. These poems begin at the exact point where 'the fundamental concepts of elementary navigation / become unhinged, ' as they invent a new way of talking: developing tenuous and affectionate convergences between desire and fear, love and anger--even sex, money, tradition, and the history of appearances. It's all here. What fascinates Alcala is precisely what animates her poetry: 'the mess of lost power, ' compelled at once by contradiction and complicity, yet cleaving with an unsentimental eye and an inspiring wit."--Joshua Marie Wilkinson

General

Imprint:	Shearsman Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2012
First published:	September 2012
Authors:	Rosa Alcala
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 4mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	80
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-84861-233-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	1-84861-233-8
Barcode:	9781848612334

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