{"product_id":"isthmus-to-abya-yala-city-lights-spotlight-series-23-paperback","title":"Isthmus to Abya Yala: City Lights Spotlight Series #23 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoberto Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA conjuration of ancient consciousness aimed at rehumanizing our contemporary cyborg condition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Referring to the American continent, 'Abya Yala' ('land of life') is a pre-Columbian term of the Guna people of Panamá and Colombia. Harrison wrestles with language, racism, and humanity in political and spiritual poems.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, Most Anticipated Poetry Books, Spring 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Abya Yala\"--\"land of life\" or \"land of vital blood\"--is a Pre-Columbian term of the Guna people of Panamá and Colombia to refer to the American continent and more recently has signified the idea of a decolonized \"New World\" among various Indigenous movements. In \u003ci\u003eIsthmus to Abya Yala\u003c\/i\u003e, Panamanian American poet Roberto Harrison summons a mythic consciousness in response to this political and spiritual struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his poems, with mystic fervor, Harrison finds phonetic unities concealing conceptual oppositions he must transcend. Invoking \"mobilian\" as an ur-language against racism and toward an all-inclusive humanity--in opposition to the \"mobile\" of phone-mediated existence--the poems of \u003ci\u003eIsthmus to Abya Yala\u003c\/i\u003e burn with a visionary ardor that overpowers rationality through an intensive accumulation of imagery. They even sometimes manifest as visual poems in the form of drawings he calls \"Tecs,\" opposing the dominance of technology to the advocacy of pan-Indian nationhood by 19th century Shawnee leader Tecumseh. \"Tecumseh Republic\" is the poet's name for a new post-racial, post-national, post-binary, post-colonial, holistic and earth-oriented society with no national borders, with Panamá, the isthmus, as its only entry and exit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoberto Harrison's poetry books include \u003ci\u003eTropical Lung: exi(s)t(s)\u003c\/i\u003e (Omnidawn, 2021), \u003ci\u003eTropical Lung: Mitologia Panameña\u003c\/i\u003e (Nion Editions, 2020), \u003ci\u003eYaviza\u003c\/i\u003e (Atelos, 2017), \u003ci\u003eBridge of the World\u003c\/i\u003e (Litmus Press, 2017), \u003ci\u003eculebra\u003c\/i\u003e (Green Lantern Press, 2016), \u003ci\u003ebicycle\u003c\/i\u003e (Noemi Press, 2015), \u003ci\u003eCounter Daemons\u003c\/i\u003e (Litmus Press, 2006), \u003ci\u003eOs\u003c\/i\u003e (subpress, 2006), as well as many chapbooks. With Andrew Levy, Harrison edited the poetry journal \u003ci\u003eCrayon\u003c\/i\u003e from 1997 to 2008. He was also the editor of Bronze Skull Press which published over 20 chapbooks, including the work of many Midwestern poets. Most recently, Harrison served as a co-editor for the \u003ci\u003eResist Much\/Obey Little: Inaugural Poems to the Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e anthology. He was the Milwaukee Poet Laureate from 2017-2019 and is also a visual artist. He lives in Milwaukee with his wife, the poet Brenda Cárdenas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 6.8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763986858272,"sku":"9780872869110","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d4b42c811d90d6c40e30244c362119a6.webp?v=1780243252","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/isthmus-to-abya-yala-city-lights-spotlight-series-23-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}