{"product_id":"the-roots-of-a-thousand-embraces-dialogues-paperback","title":"The Roots of a Thousand Embraces: Dialogues - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJuan Felipe Herrera\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuan Felipe Hererra's writing fuses wide-ranging experimentalism with reflections on Mexican-American identity . . .--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn forty cantos, the poet explores the metaphysical relationship between Frida Kahlo, her art, her broken body, and cross-border consciousness. First published in 1994, this early work--his sixth book--reveals a deep sense of longing for all to be made whole again in spite of fractures--physical, metaphorical, cultural--bestowed by the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Prologue: A Second Body: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThink on the time it takes a scar to heal, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ea river to rise -- an old woman to regain the tumbling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003epowers of her busted arms -- a young woman (calling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eherself Frida) to re-structure her shattered vertebrae, to\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebe caught up with a body-cast, a second body which she\u003cbr\u003einhabits -- for the rest of her life; this is precious to me, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethat is all. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe painted herself somewhere in-between Mexico and\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe United States -- in the open space of the jaws; between\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe mandibles of the jaguar and the nuclear turbine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt is the healing of this metaphysical fracture too (which\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003emay invoke further breakage) that concerns me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuan Felipe Herrera\u003c\/b\u003e was raised in a farm-working family in the San Joaquin Valley. A graduate of UCLA, the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and Stanford University, he has written numerous books. Herrera's awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the PEN USA Award. Former Poet Laureate of California and now United States Poet Laureate, he lives in Fresno.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJuan Felipe Herrera, the first Latino Poet Laureate of the United States and son of Mexican immigrants, grew up in the migrant fields of California. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAppointed as the U.S. Poet Laureate in 2015, Juan Felipe Herrera is the son of migrant farm workers, and was educated at UCLA and Stanford University, and received his MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. In addition to publishing more than a dozen collections of poetry, Herrera has written short stories, young adult novels, and children's literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2012, Herrera was named California's poet laureate. He has won the Hungry Mind Award of Distinction, the Focal Award, two Latino Hall of Fame Poetry Awards, and a PEN West Poetry Award. His honors include the UC Berkeley Regent's Fellowship as well as fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and the Stanford Chicano Fellows. He has also received several grants from the California Arts Council.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769967444256,"sku":"9781933149967","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9bf50b4a56739c8cbde010ba9a781f7d.webp?v=1780361232","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-roots-of-a-thousand-embraces-dialogues-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}