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The life assignment / Ricardo Alberto Maldonado.
Loaned to Another Library PS3613.A435223 L54 2020
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- Author/Creator:
- Maldonado, Ricardo Alberto, author.
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 86 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tribeca : Four Way Books, [2020]
- Summary:
- "The Life Assignment is a collection about displacement and the debts of history-how one finds a sense of home and creates one for oneself and one's community"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- I Give You My Heart Os doy mi corazón p. 3
- Layaway p. 5
- Poorly Given Miserias p. 6
- Exit, with the Body p. 11
- In Defense of the Life Assignment En defensa de la vida asignada p. 12
- A Few Things Are Explained to Me Me explican algunas cosas p. 14
- Self-Criticism as an Act of Love Autogestión como acto de amor p. 17
- Mi mamá me ama p. 20
- Love Poem p. 25
- Legislation with Regard to Life p. 26
- Heterosexuality as Custom p. 27
- Leftovers p. 28
- The Rent p. 29
- I, Ricardo, Detached from the Human Ricardo Yo, Ricardo, separándome del humano Ricardo p. 30
- For Love p. 32
- Dinner Special p. 33
- One Fish, Two Fish, Three Fish Un, dos, tres pescados p. 35
- Someone Else's Television p. 39
- The City p. 40
- His Life in Foreclosure p. 41
- TI-83 p. 42
- Habemus Lux p. 43
- Set Up Request p. 46
- A Mistranslation of My Name Sobre la traducción de mi nombre p. 47
- A Bird for Felipe, a Bird for Damián Un pájaro para Felipe, un pájaro para Damián p. 49
- The Commodities Market El mercado de materia prima p. 51
- Morning is Morning p. 55
- Project for the Hands p. 56
- Modern Guilt p. 57
- When We Were Mortal p. 58
- Logarithms for Tinderbox p. 59
- Aquatics Period p. 60
- Youth Novels p. 61
- Early Rhetoric and Composition p. 62
- Lesionado p. 63
- Regarding the Life Assignment En cuanto a la vida asignada p. 65
- Voyage to Russia p. 69
- Confessional p. 70
- Bounty p. 71
- Natural History p. 72
- The Symbolism Practice Test p. 73
- Where We Are. Sometimes p. 74
- Last Advertisement for the Life Assignment Último anuncio de la vida asignada p. 75
- Status for the Rest of the Month p. 77
- A Poem for Raquel Un poema para Raquel p. 78
- Entry Level p. 81
- The End of the Economy p. 82
- God or Freud p. 83
- America! America! Las dos Américas p. 84
- Vita Nuova p. 85.
- Notes:
- Some poems followed by Spanish translations.
- Contains:
- Maldonado, Ricardo Alberto. Poems. Selections.
- Maldonado, Ricardo Alberto. Poems. Selections. Spanish.
- ISBN:
- 9781945588549
- 1945588543
- OCLC:
- 1147944255
- Publisher Number:
- 99985420539
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