City without altar / Jasminne Mendez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Méndez, Jasminne, author.

Series:

Akrilica series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--Poetry.

Racism.

Racism--Drama.

Dominican-Haitian Conflict, 1937--Poetry.

Dominican-Haitian Conflict, 1937.

Dominican-Haitian Conflict, 1937--Drama.

Dominican Republic--History--1930-1961--Poetry.

Dominican Republic.

Dominican Republic--History--1930-1961--Drama.

Genre:

Drama.

History.

Poetry.

Verse drama.

Physical Description:

116 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[Blacksburg, Virginia] : Noemi Press, Inc., [2022]

Summary:

"City Without Altar is a poetry collection and play in verse that explores what it means to live, love, heal and experience violence as a Black person in the world. The titular play in verse that sits at the center of the book seeks to amplify the voices and experiences of victims, survivors and living ancestors of the 1937 Haitian Massacre that occurred along the northwest Dominican/Haitian border during the Trujillo Era. Between the scenes of the play are interludes that explore a different kind of cutting and what it means to feel othered because of illness, disability and blackness. Ultimately, City Without Altar is a meditation on being/feeling blacked out by the archive, on the world stage and in one's daily life."--Publisher's website.

Notes:

"Letras Latinas. Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame"--Back cover

Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-111).

ISBN:

1934819158

9781934819159

OCLC:

1337926579

Publisher Number:

99994784180