{"product_id":"geographic-tongue-paperback","title":"Geographic Tongue - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRodney Gomez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGeographic Tongue, \u003c\/i\u003e an important addition to the Pleiades Press Visual Poetry Series, Rodney Gomez weaves together themes of loss, identity, ethnicity, heritage, and the mechanics of contemporary life to create a collection as lyrically arresting as it is aesthetically stunning. These visual poems, crafted with both restraint and vitality, are visceral in their depiction of cruelty and grief at the United States-Mexico border. And yet, this charged landscape also gives rise to moments of tenderness, stillness, and wry humor. Gomez's visual design is at once vivid and haunting, drawing together collage, diagrams, and abstract imagery into a bright, geometrically precise collection. His text casts such a powerful spell that in its absence, silence is heard as clearly as any phrase. Gomez writes, \"You don't have to speak to speak truth,\" and this lucid assertion is borne out in the collection as a whole. In its art, and in its silence, the poems of \u003ci\u003eGeographic Tongue\u003c\/i\u003e are undeniably and indelibly authentic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRodney Gomez\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eCitizens of the Mausoleum, \u003c\/i\u003e a finalist for the John A. Robertson Award from the Texas Institute of Letters; \u003ci\u003eCeremony of Sand;\u003c\/i\u003e and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eArsenal with Praise Song, \u003c\/i\u003e a finalist for the Orison Prize and the Dorset Prize. He is a member of the Macondo Writers' Workshop and works at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley. He is the poet laureate of McAllen, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.29 x 9.86 x 7.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759906586912,"sku":"9780807173985","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5d13a41c9ecf88b91bb5fee0dec9de16.webp?v=1780165696","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/geographic-tongue-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}