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Two cities divided by the Río Bravo - or the Rio Grande, depending on which side you're on - filled with a volatile mix of characters... tensions are running high, and it all boils over one hot summer day...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/strong\u003eDecember 2, 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781941920008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeBook:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781941920015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mexico's greatest woman writer.\" —Roberto Bolaño\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn imaginative writer in the tradition of Juan Rulfo, Jorge Luis Borges, and Cesar Aira, Carmen Boullosa shows herself to be at the height of her powers with her latest novel. Loosely based on the little-known 1859 Mexican invasion of the United States,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTexas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a richly imagined evocation of the volatile Tex-Mex borderland. Boullosa views border history through distinctly Mexican eyes, and her sympathetic portrayal of each of her wildly diverse characters—Mexican ranchers and Texas Rangers, Comanches and cowboys, German socialists and runaway slaves, Southern belles and dancehall girls—makes her storytelling tremendously powerful and absorbing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShedding important historical light on current battles over the Mexican–American frontier while telling a gripping story with Boullosa's singular prose and formal innovation,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTexas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emarks the welcome return of a major writer who has previously captivated American audiences and is poised to do so again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarmen Boullosa\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(b. 1954) is one of Mexico's leading novelists, poets, and playwrights. Author of seventeen novels, her books have been translated into numerous world languages. Recipient of numerous prizes and honors, including a Guggenheim fellowship, Boullosa is currently Distinguished Lecturer at City College of New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamantha Schnee\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis founding editor and chairman of the board of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/em\u003e. She has also been a senior editor with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eZoetrope\u003c\/em\u003e, and her translations have appeared in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, and the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNominated for the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlobal Literature in Libraries Initiative Pick 2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2015 PEN Translation Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2014 Typographical Era Translation Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e's 75 Notable Translations of 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eBBC\u003c\/em\u003e's Ten Books to Read in December 2014\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\"A luminous writer . . . Boullosa is a masterful spinner of the fantastic.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Utterly entertaining—a comic tour de force. I loved the book and think it deserves a very wide readership.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhilip Lopate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A lucid translation from the Spanish by Samantha Schnee. . . . [Boullosa's] tale, loosely based on the Mexican invasion of the US known as the ‘Cortina troubles’, evok[es] a history that couldn’t be more relevant to today’s immigration battles in the US.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJane Ciabattari, \u003cem\u003eBBC\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Boullosa's tour de force account of this bloody legacy...is not a documentary. Rather, it is satire at its highest, presenting numerous grotesque biographies of the alien invaders, while also lightly reviewing the genres that have made Wild West literature part of the national identity and psyche. . . . In all, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTexas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a very entertaining, masterly written novel, with a professional translation by Samantha Schnee.\"\u003cstrong\u003e —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicolás Kanellos, \u003cem\u003eReview: Literature and Arts of the Americas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Brutal, poetic, hilarious and humane...a masterly crafted tale.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSjón\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Boullosa is one of Mexico's most respected writers and, with a book as rich as this under her belt, it's not difficult to understand why. As the repercussions of a shoot-out reverberate on both sides of the Rio Bravo (or Rio Grande, depending upon the side you're on), we're introduced to a cast list so extensive it rivals Dickens and a novel of such depth and scope that I can't resist comparing it to Tolstoy's work.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGary Perry, Foyle's Flagship (Charing Cross, London)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Historical fiction at its very best, avoiding all semblance of caricature or appeals to stereotype. The classic Western.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"What is both moving and also lucid about Boullosa's prose, though, is her ability to take one in and out of a scene fraught with disorder and violence, and place one back in the rich spirit of humility encountering sublime beauty.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatt Pincus, \u003cem\u003eBookslut\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Many of the events in [Texas] seem as if they just happened yesterday. . . . It’s a story that shows the foundation of many border issues today.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMercedes Olivera, \u003cem\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Think \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCatch-22\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on the Mexican border. Carmen Boullosa's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTexas: The Great Theft\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a surprisingly funny, intensely complex and occasionally shocking take on the revisionist Western. It's one of the most purely entertaining things I've read in awhile, while never losing a sense of erudite ambition and thought-provoking moral ambiguity. It's a book that grows on me every time I think about it.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJustin Souther, Malaprops Bookstore (Asheville, NC)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Carmen Boullosa’s latest novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTexas: The Great Theft\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, is evidence that our ideas about postmodern cowpoke tales have been woefully premature. . . . What is outstanding in Boullosa’s work is the deep sympathy expressed for every human encountered.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoberto Ontiveros, \u003cem\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"...a cross between W.G. Sebald and Gabriel García Márquez.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eEl País\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Boullosa’s Texas is like one giant game of telephone. Everybody seems crazy to everybody else. . . . Boullosa’s Texas gives us a very different fiction than those told by nationalists of any stripe. . . . Security is theater because borders are fictions and because the empire has no clothes. But if political theater is ridiculous, Boullosa’s borderlands comedy explores why it is getting harder to laugh at Donald Trump.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAaron Bady, \u003cem\u003ePacific Standard Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Bizarre, comedic, fantastical, and unsettling — kind of how history feels when you’re forced to live through it.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaille Millner, \u003cem\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Powerful yet whimsical . . . Boullosa’s humorous, offbeat tale makes the case that – no matter how small or marginalized, no matter where it exists in relation to some arbitrary geographical or racial border – every perspective matters.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Eric Tomlinson, Writer's League of Texas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Boullosa’s book is a wonderful romp . . . delightful reading . . . there are few completely good and moral characters in this book, making it a pretty realistic story despite the fanciful storytelling. The book patched up some holes in my understanding of Texas history.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNancy Jane Moore, \u003cem\u003eBook View Café\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Carmen Boullosa truly brings history and injustice to life in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTexas: The Great Theft\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, weaving together borrowed moments from the volatile history of the Texas-Mexico border and a simple plot that is gracefully fed by the diverse characters living out the story.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBridey Heing, \u003cem\u003eThe Mantle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eTexas: The Great Theft\u003c\/em\u003e, a novel set on the Texas–Mexico border in 1859 and featuring a large cast of characters living in a historical moment rife with political and racial conflicts, is exhilarating both in scope and imagination.\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYiyun Lee, \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEleven years have passed since the town of Bruneville was founded on the banks of the Rio Bravo, just a few miles up-river from the Gulf. It was named after Ciudad Castaño, the legendary shining city to the northwest, which was razed by the Apaches. In appropriating the name, Stealman aimed to trade on the sterling quality of the original.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt its founding, the following were present (without a shadow of a doubt):\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1) Stealman, the lawyer\u003cbr\u003e2) Kenedy, who owned the cotton plantation\u003cbr\u003e3) Judge Gold (back then he was plain Gold, he still hadn’t earned the nickname Judge)\u003cbr\u003e4) Minister Fear, his first wife, and their daughter Esther (may the latter two rest in peace)\u003cbr\u003e5) A pioneer named King.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKing had a royal name, though when he’d arrived in Mexico he hadn’t a penny, didn’t own even a snake. But he was a master of chicanery. When some locals lent him low-grade land to use for seven years, it took him only a few months to emerge as the legitimate owner of immense tracts, on which it seemed to rain cattle from the clouds, as if they were a gift from god. But there was nothing remotely miraculous about the way King made his fortune. He was as good a trickster as any magician with a false-bottomed top hat. If King had been Catholic (as he claimed to be in the contract he signed with the Mexicans), the archdiocese would have been able to build a cathedral with the fortune he’d have to have given them as penance for his sins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1848 King wasn’t the only one who went looking for a fortune, convinced that “Americans” had the right to take what belonged to the North Mexicans by whatever means necessary, fair or foul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarmen Boullosa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is one of Mexico's leading novelists, poets, and playwrights. She has published over a dozen novels, two of which were designated the Best Novel Published in Mexico by the prestigious magazine \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eReforma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e—her second novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBefore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, also won the renowned Xavier Villaurrutia Prize for Best Mexican Novel; and her novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLa otra mano de Lepanto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e was also selected as one of the Top 100 Novels Published in Spanish in the past 25 years. Her most recent novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTexas: The Great Theft\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e won the 2014 Typographical Era Translation Award, was shortlisted for the 2015 PEN Translation Award, and has been nominated for the 2015 International Dublin Literary Award. Boullosa has received numerous prizes and honors, including a Guggenheim fellowship. Also a poet, playwright, essayist, and cultural critic, Boullosa is a Distinguished Lecturer at City College of New York, and her books have been translated into Italian, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese, Chinese, and Russian.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e Shelby Vincent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e received her PhD in Literary Translation from the University of Texas at Dallas's School of Arts and Humanities in 2015. 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Please indicate your request for a signed edition in notes at checkout.*\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Goaz \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ebegan his artistic career as a casual observer growing up in Texas and Oklahoma. His graceful nature allowed him access to some of the most exclusive enclaves of society, in which he developed his fine sense for the ironic. This skillset served him well when he picked up a camera and began photographing the world around him. Ultimately, he outgrew the rice fields of Texas and found his way to Los Angeles where a chance meeting and his graceful nature landed him the role he is so well known for on the television series \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. This iconic role was followed by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTwin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, and another on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEerie Indiana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e before Goaz stepped back into the world of the camera where he feels most at home. In a time when the pursuit of fame is ubiquitous within every level of society, anyone acquiring notoriety and hedging at exploiting it is downright revolutionary. When in 2015 word came that he would reprise his role for Lynch on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTwin Peaks: The Return\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, the journey carried multiple meanings for Goaz. Prior to reuniting with Lynch, Goaz had shunned the limelight for years, pursuing his art. It was at this juncture that he connected with Director \u003c\/span\u003eJason Reimer\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, who was originally asked to “make something” with Goaz in conjunction with an article about his life between TV stints. The result was the short film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFigurehead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, depicting Goaz as a frustrated artist waiting in a broken-down home for a phone call that will change his fate. The film has since been added to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e lore for his signature portrayal. After this collaboration, Reimer and Goaz planned further collaborations; the first result of which is this collection of photographs entitled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBallroom Harry: Volume II.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I am totally floored… Following [Harry Goaz’s] output is a small glimpse behind the curtain of a fascinating person.” \u003cstrong\u003e—J. Reimer, Director\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":35464711274659,"sku":"9781646050048","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":35464711307427,"sku":"9781646050055","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/products\/ballroomharry.jpg?v=1596660489"},{"product_id":"a-grave-is-given-supper","title":"A Grave is Given Supper","description":"\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: left;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Mike Soto\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: left;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eA Narco-Acid Western in profound poetic form, using themes from the ongoing drug war taking place in a fictional U.S.\/Mexico border town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: left;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/strong\u003eJuly 28, 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: left;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781646050109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeBook: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781646050116\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: left;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: left;\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Narco-Acid Western told in a series of interlinked poems, Soto’s striking debut collection follows the converging paths of two protagonists through El Sumidero, a fictional US\/Mexico border town where an ongoing drug war is raging. The surreal verse of Soto’s poems portrays a bleak political climate as it coincides with the rituals of love \u0026amp; loss, culture \u0026amp; spirituality, \u0026amp; the quest for a better life at all costs. Following the narrative arc of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s classic cult film,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e El Topo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Grave is Given Supper \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebuilds a world saturated with a mystical aura that describes the finite tensions \u0026amp; complicated desires of lives taking place in the borderland. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMike Soto\u003c\/strong\u003e is a first generation Mexican American, raised in East Dallas and in a small town in Michoacán. He is the author of the chapbooks \u003cem\u003eBeyond the Shadow’s Ink \u003c\/em\u003eand most recently \u003cem\u003eDallas Spleen\u003c\/em\u003e (Deep Vellum). He received his MFA from Sarah Lawrence College \u0026amp; was awarded the James Merrill Poetry Fellowship by Vermont Studio Center in 2019. \u003cem\u003eA Grave Is Given Supper\u003c\/em\u003e is his debut collection of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdapted into an original literary-theatric performance by Teatro Dallas directed by Claudia Acosta and starring Elena Hurst\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED for Reading the West Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“The landscape in \u003ci\u003eA Grave is Given a Supper\u003c\/i\u003e recalls the tones of Frank Stanford, steeped with our phantasmagoric Texan borderlands. Soto offers up each poem like a votive candle, wreath of roses, or weapon, to lay on the altar of the outlaw Jesus Malverde, announcing the arrival of a new literary voice.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eFernando\u003c\/span\u003e A. \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eFlores\u003c\/span\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003ePig Latin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStuck on a Razor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“Soto describes insects, femicide and the border wall in mystical terms.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Jaime Dunaway, \u003cem\u003eAdvocate Mag\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“A surreal exploration of the Mexican drug war written in free verse… While many poems traverse…dreamlike terrain, they’re also sometimes grounded in reality. This is where the book is most gripping and provocative.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Tim Diovanni, \u003cem\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLos Tigres del Norte warn, in a classic narcocorrido that I can imagine sputtering over the static of a sun-bleached radio in the border town where this collection is set, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSin talento no busques grandeza\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA Grave Is Given Supper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, a debut as hauntingly moving as a dog's three-legged waltz, Soto displays a talent that achieves that greatness, lyrically guiding us through the desperation, dehumanization, and senseless tragedies born of our war on drugs.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—David Shook, author of \u003cem\u003eObsidian Tongues\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Across the book, poems spastically display the weight of both people and landscape in heartbreak and obituary...Holding the book together is the poet’s consistency of tone; Soto’s poems never falter at being both maturely concise and emotionally staggering.\" \u003cstrong\u003e— Greg Bem, \u003cem\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\"\u003e“Combines neoclassicism’s equal temperament, the incisive excesses of the metaphysical poets, and Jamie Sabines-like political sensibilities.”\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Joe Milazzo, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eENTROPY \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\"It’s been wonderful workshopping with Mike and adapting his words for the stage. A lot of our team are first-or second-generation people who have experienced some of the things touched on in the show: migration, drug wars, a journey from Mexico to the U.S.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Sara Cardona, Executive Artistic Director of \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTeatro Dallas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn \u003cem\u003eDallas Spleen \u003c\/em\u003eand previous work:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003e“Soto drives a relentless narrative from poem to poem… a narrative composed of equal parts joy and rage.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe Literary Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“Soto eases into discomfort and renders it stunning.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Katy Dycus, The Wild Detectives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e“There is a deep, inescapable sadness in many of Mike Soto’s poems but it is a sadness for the world and never himself. It’s wrong to stereotype poets, even positively, but I think Soto’s Mexican literary heritage is deep in his bone marrow. It’s a rich, earthly, mystical tradition in which to have one’s taproots. These poems of light and life are compressed, but never crushed.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Thomas Lux\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":35464601141411,"sku":"9781646050109","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":35464601174179,"sku":"9781646050116","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/products\/Soto.Front_Cover.RGB.jpg?v=1596659476"},{"product_id":"the-river-always-wins-water-as-a-metaphor-for-hope-and-progress","title":"The River Always Wins","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy David Marquis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003eA meditation on water as metaphor for social change, based on the author’s experiences as an environmental activist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/strong\u003eAugust 11, 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHardback: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781646050529\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781646050086\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eeBook: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781646050079\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA meditation on movement of both society and nature, based on the author’s experiences as an activist. In short, aphoristic chapters, Marquis explores the power of force and collectivity through the metaphor of water. As an activist, David Marquis founded the Oak Cliff Nature Preserve in Dallas, and has consulted with the Texas Conservation Alliance since 2011. He brings an unerring belief in the connective and healing power of nature to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe River Always Wins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe River Always Wins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is an arts-based project—book, music, video, stage, audio book, and visual—designed to inspire people to come together to create positive, lasting social change.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—David Marquis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Read an excerpt in \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca data-mce-fragment=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/on-the-collective-power-of-one-into-many\/\"\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Marquis\u003c\/strong\u003e is a long-time committed activist for environmental and social change in the Dallas area. During the 1980’s he traveled to El Salvador, Nicaragua, South Africa, Pakistan, India, and the Philippines to study and to participate in freedom movements in those countries. He has written and performed nine original one person stage plays, which he has toured to 41 of the 50 states. His trilogy\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eI AM A TEACHER\u003c\/em\u003e toured for 20 years and later became a book (Simon \u0026amp; Schuster), which was a Critic’s Choice in Time magazine and the basis for the Be A Teacher, Be A Hero public service ad campaign. He founded the Oak Cliff Nature Preserve in Dallas and currently is the technical advisor on water issues to the Environmental Commission of the City of Dallas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHis book-length lyric essay \u003cem\u003eThe River Always Wins\u003c\/em\u003e was published by Deep Vellum in 2020, and the follow-up volume \u003cem\u003eThe River of Goodness\u003c\/em\u003e will be published in early 2024. Marquis grew up on the high, dry plains of West Texas listening to family stories of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, of World War II and starting over after years of lean times. To his family he owes his love of a good story, his sense of social justice, his ties to nature and the land, and his first-hand experience with strong women and men. He dedicates his work to his four grandchildren, that he may leave the world a better place for them and their generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLONGLISTED for Reading the West Book Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The lessons of Marquis’ book feel eerily prescient. Even the title feels like something the America of 2021 needs to hear… Yes, we have been here before. Then as now, there is much to learn, Marquis says, by turning to nature. Nature, he contends, provides both a blueprint for change and balm for the soul.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Michael Granbery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e\"T\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehere's something calming about Marquis's aphorisms on the persistent, irresistible force of water.\" \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e––Ron Charles, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“This book is a moving testimony of a longing that lies deep in our hearts, inviting us to embody it in our own lives, and gift it for the entire world.” \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRuben L.F. Habito, Guiding Teacher, Maria Kannon Zen Center\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“The timeliness of this book that reads with the rhythm of a musical composition is remarkable. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe River Always Wins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e reminds us that just like the water in the river that is, we as humanity are becoming. Rising up and reborn as headwaters, collectively flowing through rapids, over sandbars and around fallen trees, we are, nevertheless, moving towards the greater good - shaping the rock and transforming hearts along the way.” \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCynthia Seale, Trinity Waters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe River Always Wins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a welcome spiritual field guide for social movement activists in these uncertain times.” \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRev. Dr. Andrea Ayvazian, Founder and Director, Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"An expert on water conservation and supply, David Marquis has created a work that is both instructive and entertaining. No spoiler alert that the river always wins.\" \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEric Nadel, Texas Rangers Radio Announcer, 2014 Ford C. 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It is a powerful reminder that despite hardships and setbacks, we can all continue to move our society forward, one drop at a time.” \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDiane Regas, CEO for The Trust for Public Land\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"\"\u003e“As an open space enthusiast and parks advocate, The River Always Wins spoke to my ‘green’ heart in its rhythmic prose and allegories. But, its messages and metaphors about human emotion and personal connection are supremely powerful. I’ve read excerpts to my children and would recommend this to any person. 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Through poems spread delicately across the page, interspersed with images of the pressed flowers themselves, Poole’s poetry gives voice to a meditative expression of flora. Each poem creates an individual cataloged world through which to explore the body, sexuality, strength, and a devout refusal to admit the separation between humans and nature. Inspired by the Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center at The University of Texas at Austin, the largest herbaria in the Southwestern United States, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBright Specimen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e weaves together a written index through the harmony of botanical wonder.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.corsicanaresidency.org\/ropewalker-audio-1\/g9s1j8mpgy4ymh4dr024f4mk2dc90u\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eListen to Julie Poole discuss \u003cem\u003eBright Specimen \u003c\/em\u003eon 100 W Corsicana podcast Rope Walker!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eJulie Poole \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. Her first book of poems, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBright Specimen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was inspired by the Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center at The University of Texas at Austin. She has received scholarships and fellowship support from the James A. Michener Center, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, and Yaddo. In 2017, she was a finalist for the Keene Prize for Literature. Her poems and essays have appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBorderlands: Texas Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCutBank\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDenver Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her growing collection of found butterflies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"Poole makes majesty out of the diminutive.\"\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e —Megan Fernandes, Harriet Books (Poetry Foundation)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The poems that comprise \u003cem\u003eBright Specimen\u003c\/em\u003e are delicate and tender but also robust, much like their subject matter. Each poem is titled with the Latin scientific name for a flower, but the diction of the poems overall relies mostly on straightforward Germanic diction; formally, this dual presence of Latinate and Germanic words, the twin roots of the English language, creates an atmosphere in Bright Specimen of knowing, of roundness, of a deep but humble understanding of the world. In this collection, Poole addresses themes of femininity, sexuality, and the inextricable connection between the human body and the natural world…\u003cem\u003eBright Specimen\u003c\/em\u003e offers clear, elegant poems that engage with the connections between humans and nature.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Annie Diamond, Bookseller, Seminary Co-Op Bookstore\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“I loved being held by \u003ci\u003eBright Specimen'\u003c\/i\u003es gentle intimacy and delight, its organic shapes and speech. Reading this book feels like entering a sunlit room of clear-voiced women, where ‘suddenly it seems possible \/ no harm will come to anyone.’What could be so fragile and unafraid as an herbarium flower? Only a poet as attuned as Julie Poole could filter the world through such bright souls.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Taisia Kitaiskaia, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nightgown and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The poems that comprise \u003cem\u003eBright Specimen\u003c\/em\u003e are delicate and tender but also robust, much like their subject matter. Each poem is titled with the Latin scientific name for a flower, but the diction of the poems overall relies mostly on straightforward Germanic diction; formally, this dual presence of Latinate and Germanic words, the twin roots of the English language, creates an atmosphere in Bright Specimen of knowing, of roundness, of a deep but humble understanding of the world. In this collection, Poole addresses themes of femininity, sexuality, and the inextricable connection between the human body and the natural world. “My beauty is nothing in light\/but in the dark I’m warm\/and lovable,” Poole writes in Narcissus pseudonarcissus; “alone not\/so bad when the world\/lives with and\/inside you,” she writes in Rosa setigera. These poems offer a disorienting, almost violent level of self-awareness, bodily self-awareness; the speaker of these poems knows too well the strangeness of inhabiting a human body. Bright Specimen offers clear, elegant poems that engage with the connections between humans and nature.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Annie Diamond, bookseller at Seminary Co-Op (Chicago)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":36298574561443,"sku":"9781646050574","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":36298574594211,"sku":"9781646050581","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/products\/9781646050574_FC.jpg?v=1617655705"},{"product_id":"lone-star","title":"Lone Star","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMathilde Walter Clark\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated from the Danish by Martin Aitken and K. E. 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In a desire to catalog her love for, and memories with, her father, Mathilde travels to America and writes a novel about their relationship that she has always known she should write.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLone Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is about distances: the miles between a father and daughter; the detachment between Mathilde’s Danish upbringing and her American family; the separation of language; and the passage of time between Mathilde’s adulthood and the summers she spent as a child in St. Louis. These irrevocable gaps swirl as Mathilde voyages to her father’s household in Texas to explore a relationship that still has time to grow. At once a travelogue and family novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLone Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e occupies the often-mythologized landscape of Texas to share a story of being alive and claiming the right to feel at home, even across the ocean.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAwarded one of the Best Books of 2018 by the \u003cem\u003eDanish State Art Foundation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.corsicanaresidency.org\/ropewalker-audio-1\/author-mathilde-walter-clarke-and-deep-vellum-publisher-will-evans-discuss-lone-star\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eListen to Mathilde Walter Clark and Deep Vellum Founder Will Evans in Conversation \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Amid the topsy-turvy dog days of 2021, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLone Star\u003c\/em\u003e might be just the book to help readers find their footing. Anyone who has lived through the chaos and grief of the past year is bound to see themself in this 'novel about distances.'\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Alicia Meier, \u003cem\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“An all-embracing, touching, and powerful tale of a child’s love and the bond of the family.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e —\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDanish Arts Foundation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The book is simply amazing.” \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eLitteraturhjørnet.dk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Beautifully done.” \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristian Daily,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSvend Skriver\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eLone Star\u003c\/em\u003e makes the reader smarter. 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Clark was a resident artist at 100 W Corsicana in small-town Texas, where she worked on the manuscript for Lone Star. She is the winner of the Carlsberg Foundation’s Discovery of the Year prize in literature; Lone Star was awarded one of the Best Books of 2018 by The Danish Arts Foundation. She currently lives in Copenhagen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eK.E. Semmel's\u003c\/strong\u003e work has appeared in the\u003cem\u003e Ontario Review, Washington Post, World Literature Today, Southern Review, Subtropics, Lithub,\u003c\/em\u003e and elsewhere. His translations include books by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarin Fossum, Naja Marie Aidt, Erik Valeur, Jussi Adler Olsen, Simon Fruelund, Kenneth B. Andersen, Thomas Rydahl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJesper Bugge Kold\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e. 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With clear-eyed compassion and a naturalistic immediacy, Norton has transmuted the experiences of his upbringing into a profound drama that honors the past while speaking boldly to our present moment.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Dan O’Brien, author of \u003cem\u003eA Story That Happens\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003epenny candy\u003c\/em\u003e crackles with razor-sharp dialogue, thrilling plot twists, and complex characters who are written with both unstinting honesty and genuine compassion.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Kevin Moriarty, Enloe\/Rose Artistic Director, Dallas Theater Center\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Jonathan Norton is a masterful storyteller! In “penny candy”, Jonathan Norton brilliantly blends comedy \u0026amp; tragedy, drawing on his own life experiences to shape a wholly authentic narrative. The characters are all well developed and sufficiently complex to keep an audience intrigued as the play unfolds. “penny candy” took me on an emotional ride, while Norton’s always deft use of language firmly situated me in the Pleasant Grove neighborhood that is home to his characters. “ \u003cstrong\u003e—Vicki Meek, Texas Artist of the Year 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-mce-style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJonathan is the Playwright in Residence at the Dallas Theater Center. 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Here, Jack is a major supporter of local culture and something of a reprobate, with an equal interest in art and exotic dancers. Trammell's riffs on Ruby and the less glamorous corners of Dallas coalesce into a winning portrait.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A brisk and bracing 80-page novella, Trammell mixes snippets of conversation, commentaries on Ruby’s growing resolution to “make Dallas an International City” at all costs, and images and acts of violence that are circulating around the city and country in some undefined relationship to the catastrophe about to befall Dallas and Ruby himself... 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Read about people like architect Paul R. Williams, chemist Marie Maynard Daly, and others who paved the way for the next generation to do great things in the world. This vibrant picture book will give children the confidence to dream big dreams, knowing there’s a whole alphabet of amazing thinkers and doers who came before them! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-mce-style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLittle Coleman\u003c\/strong\u003e is a debut writer and an advocate for People of Color. Little lives in Texas with her husband Amedeus, whom she woke up at two o’clock am with this idea. 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He studied art under Roger Winter at Dallas College and later at SMU Meadows School of the Arts, where his teachers included Otis Dozier, Jerry Bywaters, Mary Vernon, Larry Scholder and James Surls. Coursey’s practice is influenced by his connection with fellow writers, machinists, teachers and past day jobs. These have included janitor, bus driver, professional jeweler, foundry hand pourer of enormous one- piece bronzes, antique Japanese sword fitting replicator, and producer of tiny furniture. Driving Lessons is his first work of fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"column\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“There's a forensic sort of elegance, precision, to these narratives, descriptive of an inelegant and mystifying and generally threatening world, that holds your attention as to a crime scene. 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Ernest McMillan came of age within a loving family and a nurturing community, virtually shielded from the outside--rampaging tides of white supremacy and a caste system squarely based on color. Dallas is often portrayed as a city in which the Civil Rights movement bypassed, but those claims are mythical in word and deed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMcMillan's emergence into manhood fighting for equal rights in the “Black Belt” South and his return to his birthplace to challenge the status quo of the white power structure brought him face to face with forces that were dead set on wiping him off the planet entirely, or imprisoning him in perpetuity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-mce-style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eM. 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Pluecker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLambda Literary Award Finalist for Transgender Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrash\u003c\/i\u003e interweaves the voices of three women with lived connections to the municipal garbage dump of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/strong\u003eMarch 21, 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781646052202\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeBook: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781646052462\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAguilar Zéleny's \u003cem\u003eTrash \u003c\/em\u003eshows the complexities of survival and joy, love and violence for three women: a teenager abandoned by her guardian at the dump, a scientist doing research on the residents of the dump, and a transwoman living nearby who is the matriarch of a group of sex workers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach one of the characters navigates family, abandonment, power, jealousy, greed, and multiple taboos around sexuality and gender violence. Their stories are linked by geography and by ideas of waste and abandonment. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Aguilar Zéleny explores these territories in her book, she asks crucial questions: who is seen as disposable and why? How do women find their own means of survival and joy in the midst of a perilous sociopolitical context? What does it mean to live a life in a time of austerity and extreme violence?\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrash\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical intervention in Mexican literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn Mexico, \u003cstrong\u003eAguilar Zéleny\u003c\/strong\u003e has published four short-story collections,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGente Menuda\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Voces del Desierto, 1999),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo son gente como uno\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Premio del Libro Sonorense, 2003),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNenitas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Premio Ciudad de la Paz, 2013), and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeñorita Ansiedad y Otras Manías\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Premio Narrativas Emergentes, 2014). She is also the author of four novels:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUna no habla de esto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2007),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTodo Esto Es Yo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Premio Nacional de Novela Tamaulipas, 2015),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBasura\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Nitro-Press, 2018) and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEl Libro de Aisha\u003c\/em\u003e, (Random House, 2021). Her work was chosen by theatre director Josafat A. Rodriguez who adapted her book\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNenitas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einto a series of monologues with elder residents of Mexico City. This play has toured throughout Mexico in cities such as Monterrey, Merida, La Paz, Ciudad Juárez, and Mexico City. Aguilar Zéleny’s short-story “Morder la vida toda” was adapted into a short-film that was selected for viewing in various film festivals in Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eShe is also the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Everything I Have Lost\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(Cinco Puntos Press, 2020), which is a re-writing of her book\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTodo Esto Es Yo\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ein English. Her work has been included in anthologies in México, the United States, Australia, Peru, and South Korea. She has also given conferences and participated in various panels addressing the work of women writers of Latin America, as well as panels on teaching bilingual creative writing and\/or teaching fiction to first or second generation students.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJD Pluecker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas translated numerous books from the Spanish, including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGore Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Semiotext(e), 2018),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntígona González\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Les Figues Press, 2016), and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWriting with Caca\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Luis Felipe Fabre (Green Lantern Press, 2021). Their book of poetry and image,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFord Over\u003c\/i\u003e, was released in 2016 from Noemi Press. JD is a recipient of the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writing Grant and has exhibited work at Blaffer Art Museum, the Hammer Museum, Project Row Houses, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny has constructed a novel that impregnates itself into the skin and the nose: Garbage. Not infrequently, I was submerged into its pages and suddenly felt that something around me smelled awful. And it’s the truth: something smells awful in this country.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Óscar Alarcón,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEl Popular\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The masterful way that Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny develops the characters is evidence that the author has a high level of narrative power.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Raul Picazo,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Zéleny’s narrative is whole and cinematic, yet fragmented across time and space, inhabiting different bodies, projecting different voices, as kaleidoscopically pieced-together as an assortment of any finds you’d dig out of a trash can. We are presented with the multiplicities women are so often conscripted to embody. . . JD Pluecker’s translation cuts straight into the truth nestling on the bone of the issue, making use of the skill they’ve gained through their previous work translating similarly no-nonsense queer, justice and non-normative poetics.” \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Fairuza Hanun, \u003cem\u003eAsymptote Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A critical intervention in Mexican literature and ably translated into English for an American readership by J. D. 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Trapped in high school in Dallas, Texas where her classes were too easy and her classmates were too conventional. Trapped in service to her mother, a polio survivor who used a wheelchair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen her parents sold their automobile brake-repair business in 1969, they withdrew Jane from her high school to travel the world, visiting India, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Yugoslavia and Northern Europe. 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Along the way, the young protagonist meets Golda Meir, smokes hash for the first time in Kabul, escapes a harrowing encounter with angry villagers in the Indian countryside, and has a coming-of-age epiphany at the London production of \u003ci\u003eHair\u003c\/i\u003e.  Even more than an adventure tale, though, \u003ci\u003eBecause the World Is Round\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the relationship between a brilliant, dominant mother who is physically disabled and her caretaker daughter, and the way that relationship changes and grows—sometimes painfully, sometimes joyously—as the daughter begins waking up to the world and a sense of her own identity, femininity, and power. 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With money in his pocket and time on his hands, Archie launches a long-planned Tour of Texas with best friend Okinawa Watkins, betting with a colorful cast of hand-picked boosters and bookies on high school and college football games.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnter Mexican heiress Josefina Montemayor, who convinces her long-ago lover that Archie’s the only man she trusts to raise the $650,000 she needs to release millions in unrecovered cartel cash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in a map’s worth of Texas locations, this quest narrative explores cultural minefields, the precarious nature of oilfield booms and busts, and the tricky world of cash money gambling during a legendary winning streak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharles Alcorn\u003c\/strong\u003e has lived in and written about Texas his entire life. 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The speaker isn’t afraid to call themselves out while also bending time, displaying the terror of being Black\/queer\/trans in Texas, and more — all while using humor and craft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does freedom look like? What can we learn from nature and our past? How do you reintroduce yourself in a world that refuses queerness? How can we use poetry as a tool in the toolbox that helps build freedom? This collection explores those questions, and manifests a world where Black, queer, and trans people get to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKB Brookins\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Black, queer, and trans writer and cultural worker from Texas. Their chapbook \u003cem\u003eHow To Identify Yourself with a Wound\u003c\/em\u003e (Kallisto Gaia Press, 2022) won the Saguaro Poetry Prize. KB’s poems and essays are published in \u003cem\u003ePoets.org\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. They have earned fellowships from PEN America, Civil Rights Corps, and Lambda Literary among others. KB's debut memoir \u003cem\u003ePRETTY\u003c\/em\u003e (Alfred A. Knopf) will arrive in 2024, and they are a 2023 National Endowment of the Arts fellow. 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In angry, piercing poems, full of bold imagery and chilling line breaks, they explore American politics, queer masculinity, and the strangeness and magic of transition. This inventive collection is an astonishing achievement; Brookins’s poems range from long lyrical verses to gutting erasure poems, and everyone is breathtaking.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—Laura Sackton, \u003cem\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"KB's \u003cem\u003eFreedom House\u003c\/em\u003e is a book of optimism and transformation, though not easily...KB is a poet who is sharply attuned to the racial, environmental, social, and economic manifestations of systemic injustice, and politics they critique in themselves just as sharply...[S]uch realizations are triumphs put alongside the joy found throughout \u003cem\u003eFreedom House\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Ernest McMillan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-mce-style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ePublication Date: May 23, 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\" data-mce-style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBuy both of Ernest McMillan's books at the same time! 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Ernest McMillan came of age within an loving family and a nurturing community, virtually shielded from the outside--rampaging tides of white supremacy and a caste system squarely based on color. Dallas is often portrayed as a city in which the Civil Rights movement bypassed, but those claims are mythical in word and deed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMcMillan's emergence into manhood fighting for equal rights in the “Black Belt” South and his return to his birthplace to challenge the status quo of the white power structure brought him face to face with forces that were dead set on wiping him off the planet entirely, or imprisoning him in perpetuity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eMore on Kneeling\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErnest McMillan began writing essays and short stories in earnest while imprisoned for his work as a Civil Rights activist. 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