{"product_id":"banana-9780822966937","title":"Banana [ ]","description":"The poems in Paul Hlava Ceballos's debut collection \u003ci\u003ebanana [ ]\u003c\/i\u003e reveal the extractive relationship the United States has with the Americas and its people through poetic portraits of migrants, family, and personal memories. At the heart of the book is a long poem that traces the history of bananas in Latin America using only found text from sources such as history books, declassified CIA documents, and commercials. The book includes collage, Ecuadorian decimas, a sonnet series in the voices of Incan royalty at the moment of colonization, and a long poem interspersed with photos and the author's mother's bilingual idioms. Traversing language and borders, history and story, traditional and invented forms, this book guides us beyond survival to love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Hlava Ceballos \u003c\/b\u003ehas received fellowships from CantoMundo, Artist Trust, and the Poets House. His work has been published in \u003ci\u003ePOETRY\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTriquarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBOMB\u003c\/i\u003e, among other journals and newspapers. His collaborative chapbook, \u003ci\u003eBanana [ ] \/ we pilot the blood \u003c\/i\u003eshares pages with Quenton Baker, Dr. Christina Sharpe, and Torkwase Dyson. He received his MFA from New York University and currently lives in Seattle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50705725915410,"sku":"9780822966937","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2a2e04ef-0ac9-424b-aee6-5bcdcc8ea866.jpg?v=1734488313","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/banana-9780822966937","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}