Red Missed Aches, Read Missed Aches, Red Mistakes, Read Mistakes
Author | : Jennifer Tamayo |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 77 |
Release | : 2011 |
ISBN-10 | : 0978617266 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780978617264 |
Rating | : 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Download or read book Red Missed Aches, Read Missed Aches, Red Mistakes, Read Mistakes written by Jennifer Tamayo and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. Art. Memoir. In this bold and energetic debut, temporal malapropisms become purposeful play through Tamayo's poetics of code switching and homophonics. As Tamayo tackles the frustrations of the transnational immigrant experience, language "mistakes" become "missed aches" and she writes mother and mother-tongue into one as "mouth her." A red thread intrudes throughout this frenetic mixed-genre assemblage, suturing identity to the page by erasing text, embroidering images, and stitching collage together. Cathy Park Hong, 2010 Gatewood Prize judge, promises the "brash, political, and bracingly original" [RED MISSED ACHES] will "startle you awake and demand your attention."