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Study of the raft: poems

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dc.contributor.authorSimonovis, Leonora, author
dc.contributor.authorThe Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-02T14:03:30Z
dc.date.available2021-12-02T14:03:30Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionColorado prize for poetry.
dc.description.abstractIn Study of the Raft, Leonora Simonovis's poems weave the outer world of a failed political revolution in her native country, Venezuela, with an inner journey into the memories of migration and exile, of a home long gone, and of family relations, especially among women. The collection explores the consequences of colonization, starting with "Maps," a poem that speaks of loss and uprootedness, recalling a time when indigenous lands were stolen and occupied, where stories were lost as new languages and beliefs were imposed on people. The politics of the present are also the politics of the past, not just in the Venezuelan context, but in many other Latin American and Caribbean countries. It is the reality of all indigenous people. Simonovis's poems question the capacity of language to represent the complexity of lived experience, especially when it involves living from more than one language and culture. These poems wrestle with questions of life and death, of what remains after what and whom we know are no longer with us, and how we, as humans, constantly change and adjust in the face of uncertainty.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsMaps -- Water Rituals -- Of Mouths and Tongues -- Father-Lengua -- Still Life with Baby --Arabian Nights (Remix) -- Katsaridaphobia -- The Holy Family -- It's Not an Act -- I've Been Prey for Most of My Life -- Gospel -- Revolutionary -- Mozart in the XXI Century -- Circus -- Postcards from Everywhere and Nowhere -- Diaspora Suite -- Legends -- Further Study of the Raft -- At the Airport -- Venezuelan Mosaic -- Still Life in Exile -- Coupe de Folie I -- Coup de Folie 2 -- Arches -- Bellum Civile -- Still Life with Smoked Landscape -- Bedtime Stories -- Questions -- Apology in Blue -- What Happens When We Die? -- I Am Not Leaving.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumbooks
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/234048
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.subject.lcshAmerican poetry -- 21st century
dc.titleStudy of the raft: poems
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