Lima : limón /

Lima : limón /

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Author / Creator:	Scenters-Zapico, Natalie, author.
Uniform title:	Poems. Selections. 2019
Imprint:	Port Townsend, Washington : Copper Canyon Press, [2019]
Description:	75 pages ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	American poetry -- Mexican American authors. American poetry -- Women authors. American poetry -- 21st century. American poetry. American poetry -- Mexican American authors. American poetry -- Women authors. Poetry.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11881521

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ISBN:	9781556595318 155659531X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	"In her striking second collection, Natalie Scenters-Zapico sets her unflinching gaze once again on the borders of things. Lima :: Limón illuminates both the sweet and the sour of the immigrant experience, of life as a woman in the U.S. and Mexico, and of the politics of the present day. Drawing inspiration from the music of her childhood, her lyrical poems focus on the often-tested resilience of women. Scenters-Zapico writes heartbreakingly about domestic violence and its toxic duality of macho versus hembra, of masculinity versus femininity, and throws into harsh relief the all-too-normalized pain that women endure. Her sharp verse and intense anecdotes brand her poems into the reader; images like the Virgin Mary crying glass tears and a border fence that leaves never-healing scars intertwine as she stares down femicide and gang violence alike. Unflinching, Scenters-Zapico highlights the hardships and stigma immigrants face on both sides of the border, her desire to create change shining through in every line. Lima :: Limón is grounding and urgent, a collection that speaks out against violence and works toward healing"--

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Summary:	<p>BuzzFeed's Books Coming in 2019 That You'll Want To Keep On Your Radar</p> <p>NPR's 2019 Poetry Preview</p> <p>NBC's 8 Excellent Latino Poetry Books for National Poetry Month</p> <p>The Rumpus's Books To Read in 2019</p> <p>Remezcla's 8 Books to Read this Year</p> <p>Bustle's Most Anticipated Books of 2019</p> <p> Publishers Weekly's Top 10 Poetry Books To Read For Spring 2019</p> "Through a range of forms--tercets, prose hybrids, lyric strophes, and more--the poems in Scenters-Zapico's second collection . . . incisively interrogate the aesthetics of cultural difference." ― Publishers Weekly , starred reviewIn her striking second collection, Natalie Scenters-Zapico sets her unflinching gaze once again on the borders of things. Lima :: Limón illuminates both the sweet and the sour of the immigrant experience, of life as a woman in the U.S. and Mexico, and of the politics of the present day. Drawing inspiration from the music of her childhood, her lyrical poems focus on the often-tested resilience of women. Scenters-Zapico writes heartbreakingly about domestic violence and its toxic duality of macho versus hembra, of masculinity versus femininity, and throws into harsh relief the all-too-normalized pain that women endure. Her sharp verse and intense anecdotes brand her poems into the reader; images like the Virgin Mary crying glass tears and a border fence that leaves never-healing scars intertwine as she stares down femicide and gang violence alike. Unflinching, Scenters-Zapico highlights the hardships and stigma immigrants face on both sides of the border, her desire to create change shining through in every line. Lima :: Limón is grounding and urgent, a collection that speaks out against violence and works toward healing.
Physical Description:	75 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781556595318 155659531X