A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying

Fiction & Literature, Poetry, American
Cover of the book A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying by Laurie Ann Guerrero, University of Notre Dame Press
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Author: Laurie Ann Guerrero ISBN: 9780268080730
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press Publication: February 15, 2013
Imprint: University of Notre Dame Press Language: English
Author: Laurie Ann Guerrero
ISBN: 9780268080730
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Publication: February 15, 2013
Imprint: University of Notre Dame Press
Language: English

Filled with the nuanced beauty and complexity of the everyday—a pot of beans, a goat carcass, embroidered linens, a grandfather’s cancer—A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying journeys through the inherited fear of creation and destruction. The histories of South Texas and its people unfold in Laurie Ann Guerrero’s stirring language, including the dehumanization of men and its consequences on women and children. Guerrero’s tongue becomes a palpable border, occupying those liminal spaces that both unite and divide, inviting readers to consider that which is known and unknown: the body. Guerrero explores not just the right, but the ability to speak and fight for oneself, one's children, one's community—in poems that testify how, too often, we fail to see the power reflected in the mirror.

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Filled with the nuanced beauty and complexity of the everyday—a pot of beans, a goat carcass, embroidered linens, a grandfather’s cancer—A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying journeys through the inherited fear of creation and destruction. The histories of South Texas and its people unfold in Laurie Ann Guerrero’s stirring language, including the dehumanization of men and its consequences on women and children. Guerrero’s tongue becomes a palpable border, occupying those liminal spaces that both unite and divide, inviting readers to consider that which is known and unknown: the body. Guerrero explores not just the right, but the ability to speak and fight for oneself, one's children, one's community—in poems that testify how, too often, we fail to see the power reflected in the mirror.

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