{"product_id":"borderland-apocrypha-paperback","title":"Borderland Apocrypha - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Cody\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo marked an end to the Mexican--American War, but it sparked a series of lynchings of Mexicans and subsequent erasures, and long-lasting traumas. This pattern of state-sanctioned violence committed towards communities of color continues to the present day. \u003ci\u003eBorderland Apocrypha\u003c\/i\u003e centers around the collective histories of these terrors, excavating the traumas born of turbulence at borderlands. In this debut collection, Anthony Cody responds to the destabilized, hostile landscapes and silenced histories of borderlands. His experimental poetic reinvents itself and shapeshifts in both form and space across the margin, the page, and the book in forms of resistance, signaling a reclamation and a re-occupation of what has been omitted. The poems ask the reader to engage in searching through the nested and cascading series of poems centered around familial and communal histories, structural racism, and natural ecosystems of borderlands. Relentless in its explorations, this collection shows how the past continues to inform actions, policies, and perceptions in North and Central America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rather than a proposal for re-imagining the US\/Mexico border, Cody's collection is an avant-garde examination of how borderlands have remained occupied spaces, and of the necessity of liberation to usher the earth and its people toward healing. Part auto-historia, part docu-poetic, part visual monument, part myth-making, \u003ci\u003eBorderland Apocrypha\u003c\/i\u003e unearths history in order to work toward survival, reckoning, and the building of a future that both acknowledges and moves on from tragedies of the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBorderland Apocrypha \u003c\/i\u003ewon Omnidawn's 2018 1st\/2nd Book Prize. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Cody\u003c\/b\u003e is a CantoMundo fellow and MFA candidate at Fresno State University. His poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNinth Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTriQuarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Boiler\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 6 x 8.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (2020)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700266471487,"sku":"9781632430762","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7e6c022e301e58e8bf016ec69ed1b412.webp?v=1765016076","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/borderland-apocrypha-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}