"Some of the Light: New & Selected gathers the first 25 years of Hernandez's award-winning poetry, offering a glimpse at the trajectory of a rising contemplative American author. At its core, Some of the Light contains collected poems of love, told through the lens of a single father raising two children alone in the borderlands. They are at times intimate and confessional, telescoping from personal relationships to spiritual inquiry, from human rights to the environment, while between the cracks of the poems are poetic contemplations, chronicling the passing days of the pandemic"--
"Some of the Light: New & Selected gathers the first 25 years of Hernandez's award-winning poetry, offering a glimpse at the trajectory of a rising contemplative American author. At its core, Some of the Light contains collected poems of love, told through the lens of a single father raising two children alone in the borderlands. They are at times intimate and confessional, telescoping from personal relationships to spiritual inquiry, from human rights to the environment, while between the cracks of the poems are poetic contemplations, chronicling the passing days of the pandemic"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Tim Z. Hernandez is an award-winning author, research scholar, and performer. His work includes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays. He is the recipient of numerous awards, most notably the American Book Award, the Colorado Book Award, and the International Latino Book Award. Hernandez holds a BA from Naropa University and an MFA from Bennington College, and is an associate professor with the University of Texas at El Paso’s bilingual MFA program in creative writing. He lives in El Paso, Texas, with his 2 children.
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SOME OF THE LIGHT Endling Refraction #1 Father of Clarity A Basic Understanding Refraction #2 Single Parent Soliloquy (& The Joy of Kites) This City Refraction #3 Self Portrait at 46 Time Capsule Limerence Unqualified Poem Refraction #4 Settling Sandalwood Salvador The Poet’s Return Refraction #5 Hometown Ode Ish Tik Tok Brown Lotus (A Performance) Her Majesty’s Last Stand Variations on This Land Refraction #6 Sleepless Nights (Thich Nhat Hanh Is Dying) A Grocery Store The Talk (Talisman for Salvador) NATURAL TAKEOVER OF SMALL THINGS Home Brown Christ The Day Johnny Tapia Died on My Sidewalk Undelivered Postcards to Lydia San Joaquin Sutra Natural Takeover of Small Things Instructions for the Altar Flying Parallel My Name Is Hernandez Adios, Fresno CULTURE OF FLOW Culture of Flow How to Get to the San Joaquin River SKIN TAX Mama’s Boy I Rub My Hands I Arrive Late I Pissed on Little Ricky Perched on the Face If I Could Tell You Enter Madrugada I’m Going to Put Virgil Down When Young Andres Acknowledgments Publication Acknowledgments About the Author
SOME OF THE LIGHT Endling Refraction #1 Father of Clarity A Basic Understanding Refraction #2 Single Parent Soliloquy (& The Joy of Kites) This City Refraction #3 Self Portrait at 46 Time Capsule Limerence Unqualified Poem Refraction #4 Settling Sandalwood Salvador The Poet’s Return Refraction #5 Hometown Ode Ish Tik Tok Brown Lotus (A Performance) Her Majesty’s Last Stand Variations on This Land Refraction #6 Sleepless Nights (Thich Nhat Hanh Is Dying) A Grocery Store The Talk (Talisman for Salvador) NATURAL TAKEOVER OF SMALL THINGS Home Brown Christ The Day Johnny Tapia Died on My Sidewalk Undelivered Postcards to Lydia San Joaquin Sutra Natural Takeover of Small Things Instructions for the Altar Flying Parallel My Name Is Hernandez Adios, Fresno CULTURE OF FLOW Culture of Flow How to Get to the San Joaquin River SKIN TAX Mama’s Boy I Rub My Hands I Arrive Late I Pissed on Little Ricky Perched on the Face If I Could Tell You Enter Madrugada I’m Going to Put Virgil Down When Young Andres Acknowledgments Publication Acknowledgments About the Author
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