Ameriscopia

Ameriscopia PDF Author: Edwin Torres
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816598991
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 108

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Book Description
In this vibrant reflection of sound and word, poet Edwin Torres reignites the possibilities of poetry. From poems like “Me No Habla Spic,” a rumination of life’s major moments, to “Fixative,” which exercises shifting vantage points, Torres is nimble—surfing through memory, definition, and forms of social address. In this new collection, Torres offers some signature performance pieces for the first time in print. Ameriscopia reimagines New York City and its expansive inspirations, which for Torres capture the contradictions of America. Allusions to the Twin Towers, Coney Island hot dogs, and the Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe continuously recolor the pages. But even as he makes these iconic references, Torres allows his poems to invert and refract the identities they evoke—New-Yorker-American-Latino-Dad-Performer-Boy-Writer—to invigorate poetry out of its slumber into a deep cultural urgency. Torres’s kaleidoscopic vision is borne of decades of poetic experimentation. Audiences have delighted in his spontaneous mashups of disparate topic matters; writers have studied his skilled technique at synthesizing—for example, from a mundane curbside view to an imagined conversation with artists Marcel Duchamp and Yves Tanguy. Torres writes, “I discovered that, this world uncovered / is like the soul / of The Puerto Rican man — occupied / by the weight of his balance.” Ameriscopia is Torres’s statement on growing up and the inspirational facets that accompany his journey into fatherhood. From conversations in cars to fast-beat lullabies, Torres’s poetry taps into rhythms both distinctive and dynamic. In Ameriscopia Torres is at full force, a poet in control, a writer emboldened by the page—in flight.

Ameriscopia

Ameriscopia PDF Author: Edwin Torres
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816598991
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 108

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Book Description
In this vibrant reflection of sound and word, poet Edwin Torres reignites the possibilities of poetry. From poems like “Me No Habla Spic,” a rumination of life’s major moments, to “Fixative,” which exercises shifting vantage points, Torres is nimble—surfing through memory, definition, and forms of social address. In this new collection, Torres offers some signature performance pieces for the first time in print. Ameriscopia reimagines New York City and its expansive inspirations, which for Torres capture the contradictions of America. Allusions to the Twin Towers, Coney Island hot dogs, and the Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe continuously recolor the pages. But even as he makes these iconic references, Torres allows his poems to invert and refract the identities they evoke—New-Yorker-American-Latino-Dad-Performer-Boy-Writer—to invigorate poetry out of its slumber into a deep cultural urgency. Torres’s kaleidoscopic vision is borne of decades of poetic experimentation. Audiences have delighted in his spontaneous mashups of disparate topic matters; writers have studied his skilled technique at synthesizing—for example, from a mundane curbside view to an imagined conversation with artists Marcel Duchamp and Yves Tanguy. Torres writes, “I discovered that, this world uncovered / is like the soul / of The Puerto Rican man — occupied / by the weight of his balance.” Ameriscopia is Torres’s statement on growing up and the inspirational facets that accompany his journey into fatherhood. From conversations in cars to fast-beat lullabies, Torres’s poetry taps into rhythms both distinctive and dynamic. In Ameriscopia Torres is at full force, a poet in control, a writer emboldened by the page—in flight.

Ameriscopia

Ameriscopia PDF Author: Edwin Torres
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816530750
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 108

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Book Description
Shattering the definition of Latino into a million little pieces, poet Edwin Torres reassembles identity into something that is more likely and at the same time unexpected, complex, and multifaceted. From conversations in cars to fast-beat lullabies, Ameriscopia is a collection that taps into rhythms both distinctive and dynamic.

XoeteoX

XoeteoX PDF Author: Edwin Torres
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940696744
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Book Description
Electric poems from a long-time performance and visual poet delivered through innovative layouts and designs.

American Poets in the 21st Century

American Poets in the 21st Century PDF Author: Claudia Rankine
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819578312
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 471

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Book Description
Poetics of Social Engagement emphasizes the ways in which innovative American poets have blended art and social awareness, focusing on aesthetic experiments and investigations of ethnic, racial, gender, and class subjectivities. Rather than consider poetry as a thing apart, or as a tool for asserting identity, this volume's poets create sites, forms, and modes for entering the public sphere, contesting injustices, and reimagining the contemporary. Like the earlier anthologies in this series, this volume includes generous selections of poetry as well as illuminating poetics statements and incisive essays. This unique organization makes these books invaluable teaching tools. A companion website will present audio of each poet's work. Poets included: Rosa Alcalá Brian Blanchfield Daniel Borzutzky Carmen Giménez Smith Allison Hedge Coke Cathy Park Hong Christine Hume Bhanu Kapil Mauricio Kilwein Guevara Fred Moten Craig Santos Perez Barbara Jane Reyes Roberto Tejada Edwin Torres Essayists included: John Alba Cutler Chris Nealon Kristin Dykstra Joyelle McSweeney Chadwick Allen Danielle Pafunda Molly Bendall Eunsong Kim Michael Dowdy Brent Hayes Edwards J. Michael Martinez Martin Joseph Ponce David Colón Urayoán Noel

The Cambridge Companion to Latina/o American Literature

The Cambridge Companion to Latina/o American Literature PDF Author: John Morán González
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316571564
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 311

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Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Latina/o American Literature provides a thorough yet accessible overview of a literary phenomenon that has been rapidly globalizing over the past two decades. It takes an innovative approach that underscores the importance of understanding Latina/o literature not merely as an ethnic phenomenon in the United States, but more broadly as a crucial element of a trans-American literary imagination. Leading scholars in the field present critical analyses of key texts, authors, themes, and contexts, from the early nineteenth century to the present. They engage with the dynamics of migration, linguistic and cultural translation, and the uneven distribution of resources across the Americas that characterize Latina/o literature. This Companion will be an invaluable resource, introducing undergraduate and graduate students to the complexities of the field.

Fractured Humorous

Fractured Humorous PDF Author: Edwin Torres
Publisher: Subpress Books
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 90

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Book Description
Poetry. Latino/a Studies. This is the newest volume of poetry from the SUBPRESS COLLECTIVE, a group of poets who have pledged a portion of their income each year to support the eventual publication of all poets in the collective. Torres's poems are visually striking, using a variety of layout and design strategies, but they are equally interesting for the way seemingly-autobiographical moments filter into and through the formal fractures. And Torres does, in fact, have a wicked sense of humor-ous.

Joie de Vivre

Joie de Vivre PDF Author: Lisa Jarnot
Publisher: City Lights Publishers
ISBN: 0872865983
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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Book Description
A selection from twenty years of poetry from one of the key avant-garde women poets of the post-Language generation.

After Hours

After Hours PDF Author: Edwin Torres
Publisher: Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Brigante, Carlito (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Book Description
An ex-con tries one more round in the rackets before going "clean."

American Poets in the 21st Century

American Poets in the 21st Century PDF Author: Claudia Rankine
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 9780819567284
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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Book Description
The ideal introduction to the current generation of American poets

Further Adventures in Monochrome

Further Adventures in Monochrome PDF Author: John Yau
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781556593963
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
John Yau engages visual art, social theory, and syntactical dexterity to push the limits of language toward an expansive counter-poetics