Cowboy Park / Eduardo Martínez-Leyva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martínez-Leyva, Eduardo, author.

Series:

Wisconsin poetry series

Standardized Title:

Cowboy Park (Compilation)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Poetry.

Mexican Americans.

Borderlands--Poetry.

Borderlands.

El Paso (Tex.)--Poetry.

El Paso (Tex.).

Genre:

poetry.

Autobiographical poetry.

Queer poetry.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

ix, 96 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin Press, [2024]

Summary:

A collection of autobiographical poems reflecting on personal and familial experiences shaped by life in El Paso, Texas. The work addresses themes of identity, masculinity, cultural heritage, and the impact of immigration policies on families, including the detainment and deportation of the poet’s brother. The poems explore aspects of queer identity, borderland life, and community, presenting reflections on loss, belonging, and resilience.

Contents:

I. Learning the Language

Colorete

ESL Lesson

The Boy inside the Gun

I Never Wanted to Speak

Grief Workshop

Lone Star

Portrait of My Mother in Her Youth

Son of a Gun

Tormenta

Composite Sketch

I Was Only a Boy

Portrait of Aging Father

With Jesus in Our Mouths

Portrait of My Mother Studying for Her Citizenship Exam

Angelo

Sin Documentos

Don't Look Back, Little Halo

Still Life with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Portrait of Angelo with his Possessions

Confirmation

Almost-Grief

II. Scenes from the Bone Orchard

Portrait of a Boy on the Other Side of a Glory Hole

Small Vices

Cowboy Park

Vaquero

Show Pony

And God Punished Him for Being Disobedient

God May Squeeze but Won't Strangle You

Torero

Mud Song

Estrellita

God Made Dirt, and Dirt Don't Hurt

Tease

Adultery

God Gave You Hands, So Use Them

Horseshoe

Now You're Talking

Ode to a Leather Harness

Bracero with a Tattoo of the Virgin Mother

Negation Litany for a Fallen God

There is Little Left to Say About Harm

Nostalgia Cruising

III. When I Spoke the Language of Donkeys

After the Shooting, You Have a Panic Attack in the Supermarket

Portrait of an Absent Brother

Mordida

What's Above Us Is Either Dead or Still Dying

Angelo Is Probably Dead

A Protagonist Once Said

Lessons from a Younger Brother, Mourning

Recuperado

Portrait of Speaker Inside a Burning House

Broomtail Ballad

The Simple Hour

Mustang

Purgatory

Portrait of the Speaker Riding a Greyhound Bus.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 94).

ISBN:

9780299350840

0299350843

OCLC:

1433225461