{"product_id":"catrachos-poems-9781644450239","title":"Catrachos: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe breathtaking debut collection from one of America's most inventive new poets \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA name for the people of Honduras, \u003ci\u003eCatrachos\u003c\/i\u003e is a term of solidarity and resilience. In these unflinching, riveting poems, Roy G. Guzm n reaches across borders--between life and death and between countries--invoking the voices of the lost. Part immigration narrative, part elegy, and part queer coming-of-age story, \u003ci\u003eCatrachos \u003c\/i\u003efinds its own religion in fantastic figures such as the X-Men, pop singers, and the \"Queerodactyl,\" which is imagined in a series of poems as a dinosaur sashaying in the shadow of an oncoming comet, insistent on surviving extinction. With exceptional energy, humor, and inventiveness, Guzm n's debut is a devastating display of lyrical and moral complexity--an introduction to an immediately captivating, urgently needed voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoy G. Guzmán\u003c\/b\u003e received a 2019 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and a 2017 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship. Raised in Miami, Guzmán lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50368625312018,"sku":"9781644450239","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b054cba5-d6b8-48df-a1dd-fb53c6fa5e49.jpg?v=1728510936","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/catrachos-poems-9781644450239","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}