Study of the raft : poems / Leonora Simonovis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simonovis, Leonora, author.

Contributor:

Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Venezuela--Political aspects--Poetry.

Venezuela.

Families--Poetry.

Families.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

61 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Fort Collins, Colorado : The Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University, [2021]

Summary:

"In Study of the Raft, Leonora Simonovis's poems weave the outer world of a failed political revolution in her native country, Venezuela, with an inner journey into the memories of migration and exile, of a home long gone, and of family relations, especially among women. The collection explores the consequences of colonization, starting with "Maps," a poem that speaks of loss and uprootedness, recalling a time when indigenous lands were stolen and occupied, where stories were lost as new languages and beliefs were imposed on people. The politics of the present are also the politics of the past, not just in the Venezuelan context, but in many other Latin American and Caribbean countries. It is the reality of all indigenous people. Simonovis's poems question the capacity of language to represent the complexity of lived experience, especially when it involves living from more than one language and culture. These poems wrestle with questions of life and death, of what remains after what and whom we know are no longer with us, and how we, as humans, constantly change and adjust in the face of uncertainty"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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Maps

Water Rituals

Of Mouths And Tongues

Father-Lengua

Still Life With Baby

Arabian Nights (Remix)

Katsaridaphobia

The Holy Family

It's Not An Act

I've Been Prey For Most Of My Life

Gospel

Revolutionary

Mozart In The Xxi Century

Circus

Postcards From Everywhere And Nowhere

DOS

Diaspora Suite

TRES

Legends

Further Study Of The Raft

At The Airport

Venezuelan Mosaic

Still Life In Exile

Coup De Folie 1

Coup De Folie 2

Arches

Bellum Civile

Still Life With Smoked Landscape

Bedtime Stories

Questions

Apology In Blue

What Happens When We Die?

I Am Not Leaving.

Notes:

Colorado prize for poetry.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Simonovis, Leonora. Study of the raft

ISBN:

9781885635792

1885635796

OCLC:

1261774936

Publisher Number:

99989520430