Sons of Salt
Yaccaira Salvatierra
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Description
Volcanic eruptions and waves collide in Yaccaira Salvatierra's explosive debut collection Sons of Salt, which explores the duality of personal and political landscapes as well as legacies of violence within Mexican-American communities.Sons of Salt poignantly captures the experiences of mothers who battle for their sons' wellbeing, particularly when fathers are absent due to systemic oppressions.Salvatierra's verse breaks the bones of poetic form to bring attention to the failures of a conceptually western God who has categorically failed to protect His children, and gives birth instead to a god of nature.Weaving self-made mythology, mourning, and maternal fear into visual and narrative poems, Salvatierra creates a collection that probes the deepest hurt to ensure the holiest redemption. Product Details
Price
$19.00
$17.67
Publisher
BOA Editions
Publish Date
September 17, 2024
Pages
139
Dimensions
6.9 X 8.9 X 0.7 inches | 0.55 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781960145277
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About the Author
Born in Los Ángeles, California, Yaccaira Salvatierra is a poet, translator, and educator for over 20 years while raising her two sons as single parent. She received the Dorrit Sibley Award for Poetry, and the Puerto del Sol Poetry Prize. She was awarded the Lucille Clifton Memorial Scholarship, scholarships for the Napa Valley Writers' Conference, Bread Loaf Translator's Conference, and Macondo. She is an organizer for the San Francisco International Flor y Canto Literary Festival and lives in Oakland, CA, where she teachers literacy and poetry to youth.
Reviews
"Sons of Salt holds the memories of water and of fire--those forces in ourselves and the world that are best at transformation. These poems contend with the tensions of form and formlessness, place and displacement, generations of family and regeneration. They keep dreaming their way back to the lessons we learned about ourselves and each other in the shadows of home." -- Traci Brimhall, Poet Laureate of Kansas
