Lima : limón / Natalie Scenters-Zapico.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scenters-Zapico, Natalie, author.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections. 2019

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--Mexican American authors.

American poetry.

American poetry--Women authors.

American poetry--21st century.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

75 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Port Townsend, Washington : Copper Canyon Press, [2019]

Summary:

"In her striking second collection, Natalie Scenters-Zapico sets her unflinching gaze once again on the borders of things. Lima :: Limón illuminates both the sweet and the sour of the immigrant experience, of life as a woman in the U.S. and Mexico, and of the politics of the present day. Drawing inspiration from the music of her childhood, her lyrical poems focus on the often-tested resilience of women. Scenters-Zapico writes heartbreakingly about domestic violence and its toxic duality of macho versus hembra, of masculinity versus femininity, and throws into harsh relief the all-too-normalized pain that women endure. Her sharp verse and intense anecdotes brand her poems into the reader; images like the Virgin Mary crying glass tears and a border fence that leaves never-healing scars intertwine as she stares down femicide and gang violence alike. Unflinching, Scenters-Zapico highlights the hardships and stigma immigrants face on both sides of the border, her desire to create change shining through in every line. Lima :: Limón is grounding and urgent, a collection that speaks out against violence and works toward healing"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Lima limón :: infancia

Neomachismo

In the age of Los Zetas

Lima limón :: Azahar

At a party I tell a story & ask:

I am á la mode

My macho takes care of me good

Lima limón :: madurez

Women's work

He has an oral fixation

Lima limón :: vejez

Sonnet for a dollar

Kept

Discovery

I didn't know you could buy

Lima limón :: decrepitud

Macho :: hembra

She is á la mode

My gift

Aesthetic translation

He finds a kissing bug

More than one man has reached up my skirt

Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo, México

In the culture of now

The women wear surgical masks

Libro gore

A crown of gold snakes on my head

My brother

Notes on my present: a contrapuntal

Body

There is no such thing as confession in Latinx poetry

You are a dark body

I wait for a bus

Bad mother :: bad father

Receta en el cajón

There is a bird in my mouth

For my son born in la Mariscal

Last night I was killed by man

Criada

I am with child

Argyria

Marianismo

Buen esqueleto

The hunt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781556595318

155659531X

OCLC:

1060181822