Mouth Filled with Night Poems |
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| Author:
| Gomez, Rodney |
| Series title: | Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8101-2977-1 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2014 |
| Publisher: | Northwestern University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $9.95 |
Book Description:
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The winner of the Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize, Rodney Gomez's collection Mouth Filled with Night employs familiar emblems of Mexican American identity to repeatedly subvert expectations while intensifying the dilemmas of affiliation. The poems run beyond more conventional ideas of agency, identity, and experience, creating a newly invigorated imaginative space.
The winner of the Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize, Rodney Gomez's collection Mouth Filled with Night employs familiar emblems of Mexican American identity to repeatedly subvert expectations while intensifying the dilemmas of affiliation. The poems run beyond more conventional ideas of agency, identity, and experience, creating a newly invigorated imaginative space.