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| Author:
| Tejada, Roberto |
| Series title: | Camino Del Sol Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8165-2133-3 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Arizona Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.95 |
Book Description:
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Tejada's innovative work dramatically widens the scope of Latina/o literature, showing us exactly it can accomplish. The poems move very much like a three-act play, in which the first act is one of origins; the second, a staging of desire; and the third, a symbiosis. These acts magnify one another when unified. Each poem within the collection positions itself within the avant-garde, in which the artful use of language aims to dazzle, surprise, and enliven. The poems...
More Description Tejada's innovative work dramatically widens the scope of Latina/o literature, showing us exactly it can accomplish. The poems move very much like a three-act play, in which the first act is one of origins; the second, a staging of desire; and the third, a symbiosis. These acts magnify one another when unified. Each poem within the collection positions itself within the avant-garde, in which the artful use of language aims to dazzle, surprise, and enliven. The poems dance by, preserving a tension between hurry and delay, momentum and stasis, and every line is like a newly launched firecracker, sending out startling patterns of spark and flare.