Zoom

Return Against the Flow

Name: Return Against the Flow
Brand: Black Lawrence Press
SKU: 9781625570833
Price: 14.99 USD
Availability: InStock

$14.99 $19.95

Discount: $4.96 (25%)

Hurry Up! Only 184 Left in Stock!

Out of stock >

Guarantee safe & Secure checkout

Availability: In Stock

Contributors:

Susana Praver-P?rez

Publisher:

Black Lawrence Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Poetry

Book Subcategory:

American, Women Authors, Caribbean & Latin American

Book Topic:

Hispanic & Latino

Shipping & Return +

The product is eligible for a complimentary return within 30 days from the date of purchase. Furthermore, individual items are shipped within 24 hours of receiving the order.

Rating and Reviews +

Specifications +

Release Date:

02/09/24

ISBN 13:

9781625570833

Weight:

0.46 lbs

Size:

8.50 x 5.50 x 0.37 inches

Pages:

160

Mint Condition +

product description

Description

Return Against the Flow by Susana Praver-P? rez is a memoir-in-verse that travels back and forth between Puerto Rico and its diaspora, much like the island's pattern of circular migration over the years. Reflecting her personal journey across geographies and languages, Susana's poems move between English and Spanish, and capture the tempo of ambient sounds, such as drumbeats of bomba, or a black-plumed chango chirping at dawn. She unflinchingly explores the daily struggles Puerto Rico faces, while exuberantly celebrating the island's culture, its peoples, and the concept of " return" . This is a voyage via words the reader will remember long after turning the last page.

About the Author
Susana Praver-P? rez is a bilingual poet and visual artist. A former Physician Assistant and Associate Medical Director at La Clinica de la Raza in Oakland, California, Susana left medicine in 2021 after four decades of community service, to pursue her passion for poetry on a full-time basis. Her work has appeared in The Acentos Review, About Place Journal, Poets Reading the News, as well as many other journals and anthologies. Hurricanes, Love Affairs, and Other Disasters, Susana's first full-length collection of poetry, received the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in Literature.