Aztec Autopsies |
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Author:
| Gershator, David |
ISBN: | 978-1-63192-154-4 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2014 |
Publisher: | BookBaby
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $6.99 |
Book Description:
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David Gershator visits and re-visits Mexico in poems ranging from headline grabbing news clips to lyrical love poems, from fiery fulminations to hallucinatory visions. As translator/editor of Federico García Lorca's SELECTED LETTERS and student of the poet's brother, Francisco García Lorca, he takes cues from Lorca's experiments in POETA EN NUEVA YORK; from countless rancheras and corridos; from the historical continuity of myth, madness, politics and pain; and from Inga Clendinnen's...
More DescriptionDavid Gershator visits and re-visits Mexico in poems ranging from headline grabbing news clips to lyrical love poems, from fiery fulminations to hallucinatory visions. As translator/editor of Federico García Lorca's SELECTED LETTERS and student of the poet's brother, Francisco García Lorca, he takes cues from Lorca's experiments in POETA EN NUEVA YORK; from countless rancheras and corridos; from the historical continuity of myth, madness, politics and pain; and from Inga Clendinnen's description of "Mexica aesthetics" in her book AZTECS: AN INTERPRETATION, as operating "through a kind of surrealism achieved by dislocation." The 100 page collection includes a glossary and 17 pen and ink drawings by the poet.