{"product_id":"catrachos-poems-paperback","title":"Catrachos: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoy G. Guzmán\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe breathtaking debut collection from one of America's most inventive new poets \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA name for the people of Honduras, \u003ci\u003eCatrachos\u003c\/i\u003e is a term of solidarity and resilience. In these unflinching, riveting poems, Roy G. Guzm n reaches across borders--between life and death and between countries--invoking the voices of the lost. Part immigration narrative, part elegy, and part queer coming-of-age story, \u003ci\u003eCatrachos \u003c\/i\u003efinds its own religion in fantastic figures such as the X-Men, pop singers, and the \"Queerodactyl,\" which is imagined in a series of poems as a dinosaur sashaying in the shadow of an oncoming comet, insistent on surviving extinction. With exceptional energy, humor, and inventiveness, Guzm n's debut is a devastating display of lyrical and moral complexity--an introduction to an immediately captivating, urgently needed voice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoy G. Guzmán\u003c\/b\u003e received a 2019 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a 2017 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship. Raised in Miami, Guzmán lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729812066367,"sku":"9781644450239","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2a3f2b462103db1b80bdd257d094766a.webp?v=1765123697","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/catrachos-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}