{"product_id":"immigrant","title":"Immigrant","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Joaquín Zihuatanejo\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by David Bowles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a trilingual collection—presented in Nahuatl, Spanish, and English—Joaquín Zihuatanejo unflinchingly captures the duality of immigrant experiences in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16th, 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781646054541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eeBook:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781646054558\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDescription\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a trilingual collection—presented in Nahuatl, Spanish, and English—Joaquín \u003cstrong\u003eZihuatanejo\u003c\/strong\u003e unflinchingly captures the duality of immigrant experiences in the United States.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePicking up where his previous collection, \u003cem\u003eOccupy Whiteness\u003c\/em\u003e, left off, \u003cem\u003eImmigrant\u003c\/em\u003e pays homage to the languages of Zihuatanejo’s lineage: the language his grandfather’s grandfather spoke in, the language his abuelo prayed in, and the language he himself writes in today. Sometimes brutal, always honest, these poems of witness explore what it means to cross over—and to be double-crossed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoaquín Zihuatanejo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the proud descendant of migrant field workers. He is a poet, author, spoken word artist, and award-winning teacher. Born and raised in the barrio of East Dallas, Joaquín strives to capture the duality of the Chicano culture in his work. He has been called “one of the most dynamic and passionate performance poets in the country, melding equal parts comedy, poetry, and dramatic monologue into a crowd pleasing display of verbal fireworks.” Joaquín was the Inaugural Poet Laureate for the city of Dallas and a recipient of a $50,000 Laureate Fellowship Prize by the Academy of American Poets in honor of his outstanding work as Dallas’ first poet laureate. He is a two-time World Poetry Slam champion and HBO Def Poet. His work has been featured on NBC, HBO, and NPR. Joaquín received his MFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is the author \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eof Arsonist,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e which won the Anhinga Prize for Poetry as selected by Eduardo C. Corral. Joaquín’s 2023 groundbreaking collection, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOccupy Whiteness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, is a collection of hybrid erasures, but more than that, it is an act of rebellion that reclaims spaces and highlights a history of erasure of Brown life. His first children’s book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomething That Lives Between the Two\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, is expected in early 2028. Joaquín has two passions in his life: his wife Aída and poetry—always in that order.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Bowles\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Mexican American writer and translator from South Texas, where he teaches literature and Nahuatl as a professor at the University of Texas Río Grande Valley. Among his more than forty award-winning books are \u003cem\u003eThey Call Me Güero;\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eMy Two Border Towns; Ancient Night; Flower, Song, Dance: Aztec and Maya Poetry; The Prince \u0026amp; the Coyote; \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eFeathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico\u003c\/em\u003e. His work has also been published in multiple anthologies and textbooks, plus venues such as \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times, The Emancipator, School Library Journal, Rattle, Translation Review,\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Children’s Literature.\u003c\/em\u003e In 2019, he co-founded the hashtag and activist movement #DignidadLiteraria, which successfully fought for greater Latinx representation in publishing. He is a past president of the Texas Institute of Letters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47401366847737,"sku":"9781646054541","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":47401366880505,"sku":"9781646054558","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/1651\/0883\/files\/9781646054541_FC.jpg?v=1781276294","url":"https:\/\/store.deepvellum.org\/products\/immigrant","provider":"Deep Vellum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}