Catrachos: Poems

by Guzmán, Roy G.
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ISBN: 9781644450239
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The breathtaking debut collection from one of America's most inventive new poets

A name for the people of Honduras, Catrachos is a term of solidarity and resilience. In these unflinching, riveting poems, Roy G. Guzm n reaches across borders--between life and death and between countries--invoking the voices of the lost. Part immigration narrative, part elegy, and part queer coming-of-age story, Catrachos finds its own religion in fantastic figures such as the X-Men, pop singers, and the "Queerodactyl," which is imagined in a series of poems as a dinosaur sashaying in the shadow of an oncoming comet, insistent on surviving extinction. With exceptional energy, humor, and inventiveness, Guzm n's debut is a devastating display of lyrical and moral complexity--an introduction to an immediately captivating, urgently needed voice.

  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Guzmán, Roy G.
  • ISBN: 9781644450239
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.90 x 0.30
  • Number Of Pages: 112
  • Publication Year: 2020

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