Migratory Sound - Poems

"In its various terrains and habitats, Migratory Sound glances back to generational narratives of immigration, moving from south to north exploring seasonal field work and factory labor. By looking to ancestral narratives of Mexican American immigrants, the poems examine spatial and geographic boundaries and linguistic and mental intersections"--

About the author

Sara Lupita Olivares is the author of the chapbook Field Things (dancing girl press). Her poems have appeared in Gulf Coast, Denver Quarterly, Salt Hill Journal, DIAGRAM, the Cincinnati Review, and elsewhere. The recipient of a PhD from Western Michigan University, she is assistant professor of English at New Mexico Highlands University.

Summary

“Glances back to generational narratives of immigration, moving from south to north exploring seasonal field work and factory labour. By looking to ancestral narratives of Mexican American immigrants, the poems examine spatial and geographic boundaries and linguistic and mental intersections.” - from the Preface

Product details

• Authors: Sara Lupita Olivares
• Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781682261491
• ISBN: 978-1-68226-149-1
• No. of pages: 94
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 213 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 272 g
• Series: Cantomundo Poetry; CantoMundo Poetry Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies