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    A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying
    A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying
    A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying
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    A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying

    By Laurie Ann Guerrero

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    Filled with the nuanced beauty and complexity of the everyday—a pot of beans, a goat carcass, embroidered linens, a grandfather’s cancer—A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying journeys through the inherited fear of creation and destruction. The histories of South Texas and its people unfold in Laurie Ann Guerrero’s stirring language, including the dehumanization of men and its consequences on women and children. Guerrero’s tongue becomes a palpable border, occupying those liminal spaces that both unite and divide, inviting readers to consider that which is known and unknown: the body. Guerrero explores not just the right, but the ability to speak and fight for oneself, one's children, one's community—in poems that testify how, too often, we fail to see the power reflected in the mirror.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Notre Dame Press
    Release dateFeb 15, 2013
    ISBN9780268080730
    A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying
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    Laurie Ann Guerrero

    A native of South Texas, Laurie Ann Guerrero is the author of Babies under the Skin, which won the 2008 Panhandler Publishing Chapbook Award. Her poetry and criticism have appeared in a number of journals. She teaches for the MFA Program at the University of Texas at El Paso, University of the Incarnate Word, and Palo Alto College in San Antonio, Texas.

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      A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying - Laurie Ann Guerrero

      THE ANDRÉS MONTOYA POETRY PRIZE

      2004, Pity the Drowned Horses, Sheryl Luna

      Final Judge: Robert Vasquez

      2006, The Outer Bands, Gabriel Gomez

      Final Judge: Valerie Martínez

      2008, My Kill Adore Him, Paul Martínez Pompa

      Final Judge: Martín Espada

      2010, Tropicalia, Emma Trelles

      Final Judge: Silvia Curbelo

      2012, A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying, Laurie Ann Guerrero

      Final Judge: Francisco X. Alarcón

      The Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize, named after the late California native and author of the award-winning book, The Iceworker Sings, supports the publication of a first book by a Latino or Latina poet. Awarded every other year, the prize is administered by Letras Latinas—the literary program of the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

      A TONGUE in the MOUTH of the DYING

      LAURIE ANN GUERRERO

      University of Notre Dame Press

      Notre Dame, Indiana

      Copyright © 2013 by Laurie Ann Guerrero

      Published by the University of Notre Dame Press

      Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

      All Rights Reserved

      E-ISBN 978-0-268-08073-0

      This e-Book was converted from the original source file by a third-party vendor. Readers who notice any formatting, textual, or readability issues are encouraged to contact the publisher at ebooks@nd.edu.

      FOR DREW, VIC, & LIV, always.

      CONTENTS

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction to the Poems by Francisco X. Alarcón

      Preparing the Tongue

      I.

      One Man’s Name: Colonization of the Poetic, i.

      Sundays after Breakfast: A Lesson in Speech

      Bluing the Linens

      Las Lenguas

      Summer

      One Man’s Name: Colonization of the Poetic, ii.

      A Meal for the Tribe

      One Man’s Name: Colonization of the Poetic, iii.

      Yellow Bird

      Little Mexican Pot

      Turnips

      Babies under the House

      One Man’s Name: Colonization of the Poetic, iv.

      One Man’s Name: Colonization of the Poetic, v.

      Roosters: Homecoming

      Esperanza Tells Her Friends the Story of La Llorona

      Ode to El Cabrito

      Stray Cat

      How I Put Myself through School

      Morning Praise of Nightmares, one

      Morning Praise of Nightmares, two

      II.

      Sundays after Breakfast: A Lesson in Cotton Picking

      Put Attention

      One Man’s Name: Colonization of the Poetic, vi.

      Breasts

      Ode to My Boots

      Ode to a Skein of Red Embroidery Thread

      One Man’s Name: Colonization of the Poetic, vii.

      Wooden Box

      Black Hat

      One Man’s Name: Colonization of the Poetic, viii.

      Mr. G’s Collection

      Cocooning

      Babies under the Skin

      Pinedale, CA

      Like Jesus

      When I Made Eggs This Morning

      Stones

      My Mother Woke a

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