{"product_id":"portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-brown-man-poems-9781636282404","title":"Portrait of the Artist as a Brown Man: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis collection consists of odes to the Mexican American, first-gen experience as well as surreal prose poems with cultural references and settings native to the Los Angeles area. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe collection opens with odes to everyday images and symbols of the Latinx community. In an age of elevated racism, these odes seek to celebrate Latinx culture in the face of constant scapegoating, ridicule, and surveillance. Also, this collection explores surreal prose poetry both in the suburbs and barrios of Los Angeles and the larger American landscape. \"A future prizewinner,\" according to former US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, this collection seeks to celebrate the Mexican American experience while also exploring how surrealism and absurdism can lead to wondrous discoveries about the self, community, and the imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHernandez Diaz, Jose:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJose Hernandez Diaz\u003c\/strong\u003e is a 2017 NEA Poetry Fellow. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Fire Eater\u003c\/em\u003e (Texas Review Press, 2020), \u003cem\u003eBad Mexican, Bad American\u003c\/em\u003e (Acre Books, 2024), and \u003cem\u003eThe Parachutist\u003c\/em\u003e (Sundress Publications, 2025). He has been published in the \u003cem\u003eYale Review, the London Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and in \u003cem\u003ethe Southern Review\u003c\/em\u003e. He teaches generative workshops for Hugo House, Lighthouse Writers Workshops, The Writer's Center, and elsewhere. Additionally, he serves as a Poetry Mentor in The Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program. He is from Norwalk, California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51260123021586,"sku":"9781636282404","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f69ca2de-1504-42e6-9815-0f20b33c66ce.jpg?v=1746637041","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-brown-man-poems-9781636282404","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}