All the Words I Can Remember Are Poems

Winner of the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets All The Words I Can Remember Are Poems challenges colonized ideas of history and truth, particularly in relation to Filipinx/a/o history and its colonization by the United States. Engaging with archival materials and playing with the sounds of remembered words and their unique associations, Michelle Peñaloza confronts violent and ironic tensions within historical narratives, subverting erasure and creating her own cultural fluency that speaks to growing up in diaspora and the complexities of identity, motherhood, and the transmission of love across generations. The expression and reception of love between parent and child, particularly Filipinx/a mothers and daughters, becomes its own translation, a generational game of telephone across time and space. In conversation with the history of US imperialism and the broader implications of colonization, this book embraces the impotence of revision, the power of the always-reaching―what wisdom and connection we find there. 9 color collages by the author accompany the poems
ASIN: 0892556277
VSKU: LFV.0892556277.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Peñaloza, Michelle
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: Book is in very good condition. Clean with little to no signs of wear or markings highlights.