When language broke open : an anthology of queer and trans Black writers of Latin American descent / edited by Alan Pelaez Lopez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pelaez Lopez, Alan, 1993- editor.

Series:

Camino del sol.

Camino del sol

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--Black authors--Literary collections.

Literature.

Gender-nonconforming people's writings.

Literature, Modern--21st century.

Literature, Modern.

Genre:

Literary collections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 294 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Tucson, Arizona : The University of Arizona Press, 2023.

Summary:

"When Language Broke Open is a collection of writing by Black queer and trans writers of Latin American descent who help us see Blackness as a geopolitical experience that is always changing. In centering the multifaceted realities of the LGBTQ community, the anthology's trans contributors challenge everything we think we know about gender, sexuality, and what it means to live a livable life"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Series Info

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Foreword / Rigoberto González

Acknowledgments

Introduction / Alan Pelaez Lopez

Another Diaspora Poem / Irene Vázquez

Memory

When One Door Closes, Another Door Flows / Ehqs/Izar

Home / Sa Smythe

y volver volver / Sa Smythe

Held together by an ocean breeze / Little Wren

Red Clay / Little Wren

Haiku for Great-Grandma Coolie / Tirzah Sheppard

To Grandma 'Nita / Tirzah Sheppard

Rainbow Rosary / Tirzah Sheppard

Hoo Doo Interests / Allison Whittenberg

Watching Jordan's Fall / Allison Whittenberg

From Under Crack Rock: Surviving the Reagan Years / Louie Ortiz-Fonseca

The Things Miss Tina Taught Me / Louie Ortiz-Fonseca

Maria's Song, 1999 / Armando Alleyne

Maria's Song (#2) / Armando Alleyne

Context: The Maria's Song Series / Armando Alleyne

Polluted Imprints in a Neurodivergent Mind / Julia Feliz

Ocean Home / Zoë Gamell Brown

Of Joy (A Bricolage) / Randy James

Ancestor in Barbados / Randy James

On This Little Island / Randy James

Ode to Abuela / Raquelle Mayoral

[Untitled] / Franchesca Araújo

The plant speaks for the girl buried under it / Franchesca Araújo

Remembering / Reva Santo

Where Is Home? / Ivanova Veras de Jesús

my gram's machete / JR Mahung

letter to simone (on the subject of the king) / JR Mahung

letter to simone (on cutting grass) / JR Mahung

reflections on watching missy elliott's "lose control" video / JR Mahung

portrait of my grandmother in 90s hip-hop videos / JR Mahung

¿Y Vos Quién Sos? / Clara Olivo

Clarita Escucha Su Voz / Clara Olivo

[7 December 2020] untitled / Des Jackson

Un Cuento del Regreso / Jehoiada Zechariah Calvin

"Always and Forever," Love Alex / Charles Rice-González

How to Draw a Memoir / Breena Nuñez

Escaped Parrots Are Doing Lovely / Jessica Lanay

Care

Proximity, Intimacy, Togetherness / Dora Santana

Love Thy Neighbor / SR. Álida

Collaborative Poems / Janice Heather Hector and Felene M. Cayetano

Free / Raquelle Mayoral

The Uncertainty of Feelings for Girls / Raquelle Mayoral

Hurricane Marlene / Lorraine Avila

We Never Did This to Be Beautiful / Ariana Brown

For the Black Kids in My 8th-Grade Spanish Class / Ariana Brown

Lido's Day / Yamilette Vizcaíno Rivera

Manicured Things / Sasha Mahalia Hawkins

I'd Always Promised I'd Never Do Drag / Darrel Alehandro Holnes

La Negrita / Malika Aisha

Softness will find you / Malika Aisha

a letter to my body (the first affirmation is an apology) / Malika Aisha

24 de diciembre / Ivanova Veras de Jesús

i think about death all the time (tdor-20 de nov) / Sora Ferri

pride / Sora Ferri

baby me / Sora Ferri

Home Sweet Homeless / Josslyn Glenn

With Love, from Our Corner of the Night / Irene Vázquez

Dispatches from a Country Without Name / Irene Vázquez

About You / Jessica Lanay

Run for High Ground / Jessica Lanay

7 Mile Bridge / Jessica Lanay

Come Down: Dream / Jessica Lanay

Sugar / Edgie Amisial

Lulled in the Moment / Jennifer Castillo

Sapphic Ode to Alex Reynolds / Jennifer Castillo

Pelo Malo / Pelo Bueno / Jennifer Castillo

Justice Served / Zoë Gamell Brown

tía por qué me dicen q tú no existes / Franchesca Araújo

Romo oscuro para Santa Bárbara Africana / Franchesca Araújo

Electra / Andrea Alejandro Freire F.

Electra / Translated by Jessica Lanay

Carne y Espanto / Andrea Alejandro Freire F.

Flesh and Fright / Translated by Jessica Lanay

Lx DragOna / Andrea Alejandro Freire F.

Lx DragOna / Translated by Jessica Lanay

La reina del virus / Andrea Alejandro Freire F.

Queen of the Virus / Translated by Jessica Lanay

Translator's Note / Jessica Lanay

[April 2020] you (a short queer love story) / Des Jackson

I pull these words from my gut and leave them to rot / Little Wren

Disonancia / Phoenix Ríszing

Black Love / Phoenix Ríszing

A Thank You Note / Sasha Lamprea Arevalo

An Offering / Sa Smythe

Futures

Madrenuestra / Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro

Madrenuestra / Translated by Lawrence Schimel

existir / Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro

exist / Translated by Lawrence Schimel

Afrofeministamente / Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro

Afrofeministly / Translated by Lawrence Schimel

Decálogo de escritura afrofeminista radical / Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro

Decalogue of Radical Afrofeminist Writing / Translated by Lawrence Schimel

Opening the Dominican Universe / Alejandro Heredia

A Rewiring of the Senses: Considering Abolition / Qui Dorian Alexander

All Legs Lead to Naomi Campbell / Darrel Alehandro Holnes

Inheritance 1 / Jeydelyn Martinez

Inheritance 3 / Jeydelyn Martinez

EVOLUTION / Phoenix Ríszing

Ain't I Latina? / Phoenix Ríszing

Black girls deserve / Ariana Brown

There Will Be / Ariana Brown

We Win! / Ivanova Versa de Jesús

Hothouse, Or, The Taking Back of the Provision Grounds / Irene Vázquez

[9 February 2020] i am scared to touch the world / Des Jackson

[8 October 2020] the white owl / Des Jackson

Castillo San Cristóbal / Jehoiada Zechariah Calvin

Prophecy / Jehoiada Zechariah Calvin

When Dreaming of a Future Means Letting Go / Alan Pelaez Lopez

an invitation to play, a choreographer's offering / Ehqs/Izar

Coda / Alan Pelaez Lopez

Contributors.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Pelaez Lopez, Alan When Language Broke Open

ISBN:

9780816549979

0816549974

OCLC:

1381733220