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- ISBN-13
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- Type
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- Publication Name
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- ISBN
- 9780816538430
- Book Title
- Snake Poems : an Aztec Invocation
- Book Series
- Camino Del Sol Ser.
- Publisher
- University of Arizona Press
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Genre
- Poetry
- Topic
- General, American / Hispanic American, Lgbt
- Item Weight
- 11.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 7.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 184 Pages
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Publisher
University of Arizona Press
ISBN-10
0816538433
ISBN-13
9780816538430
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16038822634
Product Key Features
Book Title
Snake Poems : an Aztec Invocation
Number of Pages
184 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, American / Hispanic American, Lgbt
Publication Year
2019
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Poetry
Book Series
Camino Del Sol Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
11.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
7.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-026894
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Alarcon's translations deftly capture the flavor of Aztec incantations."-Gary Nabhan , New York Academy of Sciences "With his poetry, his activism, and his living/loving, Francisco X. Alarcón taught us that borders are fallacies, violences upon the body politic, the earth, and the human spirit. Even now, Francisco's words and his legacy build the just and moral pathway we can travel toward one another."--Sarah Browning, Founding Executive Director of Split This Rock "Yes: the slender, chiseled lines. Yes: the iconic minimalism. But this trilingual tome unfurls what Galván Rodríguez aptly calls his 'spirit book.' It startles me still--this ancestral theology. Best embodied when he sings: 'my people's / past is / my staff // my pounding / heart / the only drum.'"--Francisco Aragón, author of His Tongue a Swath of Sky, "With his poetry, his activism, and his living/loving, Francisco X. Alarcón taught us that borders are fallacies, violences upon the body politic, the earth, and the human spirit. Even now, Francisco's words and his legacy build the just and moral pathway we can travel toward one another."--Sarah Browning, Founding Executive Director of Split This Rock "Yes: the slender, chiseled lines. Yes: the iconic minimalism. But this trilingual tome unfurls what Galván Rodríguez aptly calls his 'spirit book.' It startles me still--this ancestral theology. Best embodied when he sings: 'my people's / past is / my staff // my pounding / heart / the only drum.'"--Francisco Aragón, author of His Tongue a Swath of Sky
Dewey Decimal
811/.54
Edition Description
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Table Of Content
Foreword to the Special Edition by Juan Felipe Herrera Before These Poems, and After by Alfred Arteaga Acknowledgments Introduction to the Special Edition by Odilia Galván Rodríguez Author's Note Pronunciation of the Nahuatl Spells and Poems TAHUI INCANTATIONS / SPELLS / INVOCATIONS 1. Penitents 2. Hunters 3. Farmers 4. Lovers 5. Diviners 6. Healers NEW DAY Glossary Bibliography Translation Credits
Synopsis
For beloved writer and mentor Francisco X. Alarcón, the collection Snake Poems: An Aztec Invocation was a poetic quest to reclaim a birthright. Originally published in 1992, the book propelled Alarcón to the forefront of contemporary Chicano letters. Alarcón was a stalwart student, researcher, and specialist on the lost teachings of his Indigenous ancestors. He first found their wisdom in the words of his Mexica (Aztec) grandmother and then by culling through historical texts. During a Fulbright fellowship to Mexico, Alarcón uncovered the writings of zealously religious Mexican priest Hernando Ruiz de Alarcón (1587-1646), who collected (often using extreme measures), translated, and interpreted Nahuatl spells and invocations. In Snake Poems Francisco Alarcón offered his own poetic responses, reclaiming the colonial manuscript and making it new. This special edition is a tender tribute to Alarcón, who passed away in 2016, and includes Nahuatl, Spanish, and English renditions of the 104 poems based on Nahuatl invocations and spells that have survived more than three centuries. The book opens with remembrances and testimonials about Alarcón's impact as a writer, colleague, activist, and friend from former poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and poet and activist Odilia Galván Rodríguez, who writes, "This book is another one of those doors that [Francisco] opened and invited us to enter. Here we get to visit a snapshot in time of an ancient place of Nahuatl-speaking ancestors, and Francisco's poetic response to what he saw through their eyes.", For beloved writer and mentor Francisco X. Alarc n, the collection Snake Poems: An Aztec Invocation was a poetic quest to reclaim a birthright. Originally published in 1992, the book propelled Alarc n to the forefront of contemporary Chicano letters. Alarc n was a stalwart student, researcher, and specialist on the lost teachings of his Indigenous ancestors. He first found their wisdom in the words of his Mexica (Aztec) grandmother and then by culling through historical texts. During a Fulbright fellowship to Mexico, Alarc n uncovered the writings of zealously religious Mexican priest Hernando Ruiz de Alarc n (1587-1646), who collected (often using extreme measures), translated, and interpreted Nahuatl spells and invocations. In Snake Poems Francisco Alarc n offered his own poetic responses, reclaiming the colonial manuscript and making it new. This special edition is a tender tribute to Alarc n, who passed away in 2016, and includes Nahuatl, Spanish, and English renditions of the 104 poems based on Nahuatl invocations and spells that have survived more than three centuries. The book opens with remembrances and testimonials about Alarc n's impact as a writer, colleague, activist, and friend from former poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and poet and activist Odilia Galv n Rodr guez, who writes, "This book is another one of those doors that Francisco] opened and invited us to enter. Here we get to visit a snapshot in time of an ancient place of Nahuatl-speaking ancestors, and Francisco's poetic response to what he saw through their eyes.", This special edition of Snake Poems offers Nahuatl, Spanish, and English renditions of 104 poems based on Nahuatl invocations and spells that have survived more than three centuries, with a modern ecopoetic response from the late Francisco X. Alarcón.
LC Classification Number
PS3551.L22S63 2019
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Copyright Date
2019
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