Burn Me Back - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Peggy Robles-AlvaradoSeries:Stahlecker SelectionsPublish date:9/15/2025Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:Four Way BooksISBN-13:9781961897663ISBN-10:1961897660UPC:9781961897663Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, Women Authors, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Hispanic & Latino, Death, Grief, LossSize:8.90 x 6.09 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC0T139BV2
Burn Me Back
"My Spanglish," Peggy Robles-Alvarado declares, "drops the -s and makes it ma' o meno'," replaces accent marks with side-eye, "has a Tía sin papeles," and recognizes that "there is no other way to say-- / Cónchole papi, you look good!" Igniting across tongues, cultures, and countries, the incendiary poems in Burn Me Back harness the incantatory power of language through hybrid forms, preserving a...
Series: Stahlecker Selections
Language:EnglishPublisher:Four Way BooksISBN-13:9781961897663ISBN-10:1961897660UPC:9781961897663Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, Women Authors, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Hispanic & Latino, Death, Grief, LossSize:8.90 x 6.09 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SC0T139BV2
Peggy Robles-Alvarado is a Jerome Hill Foundation Fellow in Literature, a three-time International Latino Book Award winner, and a BRIO award recipient. She has earned writing fellowships from CantoMundo, Desert Nights, The Frost Place, The Ashbery Home School, VONA, Candela Playwrights, Dramatic Question Theater, and NALAC. With two master's degrees in education and an MFA in performance...
Publisher: Four Way Books
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