Bibliograph

Slow lightning, poems, Eduardo C. Corral ; foreword by Carl Phillips

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Slow lightning, poems, Eduardo C. Corral ; foreword by Carl Phillips

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-76)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Slow lightning

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

759174237

Responsibility statement

Eduardo C. Corral ; foreword by Carl Phillips

Series statement

Yale series of younger poets, v. 106

Sub title

poems

Summary

"Eduardo C. Corral is the 2011 recipient of the Yale Series of Younger Poets award, joining such distinguished previous winners as Adrienne Rich, W.S. Merwin, and John Ashbery. Corral is the first Latino poet to win the competition. Seamlessly braiding English and Spanish, Corral's poems hurtle across literary and linguistic borders toward a lyricism that slows down experience. He employs a range of forms and phrasing, bringing the vivid particulars of his experiences as a Chicano and gay man to the page. Although Corral's topics are decidedly sobering, contest judge Carl Phillips observes, 'one of the more surprising possibilities offered in these poems is joy.'"--Publisher information

Table Of Contents

Foreword / Carl Philips -- Our completion: oil on wood: Tino Rodriguez: 1999 -- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome -- Watermark -- The blindfold -- In Colorado my father scoured and stacked dishes -- Misael: oil, acrylic, mixed media on canvas: Julio Galan: 2001 -- Border triptych -- La pelona: mixed media: Ester Hernandez: 1980 -- Immigration and naturalization service report #46 -- Want -- After Bei Dao / After Jean Valentine -- Se me olvido otra vez -- Self-portrait with tumbling and lasso -- Poem after Frida Kahlo's painting The Broken Column -- Cayucos -- Variation on a theme / Jose Montoya -- Caballero -- Ditat deus -- All the trees of the field shall clap their hands -- To the beastangel -- To the angelbeast -- My hands are my heart: two-part cibachrome print: Gabriel Orozco: 1991 -- Temple in a teapot (aqui esta el detalle) -- To a jornalero cleaning out my neighbor's garage -- To Robert Hayden -- Velvet mesquite -- To a mojado who died crossing the desert -- Saint Anthony's church -- Untitled (perfect lovers): two commercial clocks: Felix Gonzalez-Torres: 1987-89 -- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome -- Monologue of a vulture's shadow

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