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90 Miles: Selected And New Poems (Pitt Poetry Series)
Virgil Suarez
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Description for 90 Miles: Selected And New Poems (Pitt Poetry Series)
Paperback. Ninety miles separate Cuba and Key West, Florida. For Cuban American poet Virgil Suarez, that expanse of ocean represents the state of exile, which he has bridged in over two decades of poetry. Meditative, confessional, and political, Suarez's work displays the refracted nature of a life of exile spent in Cuba, Spain, and the US. Series: Pitt Poetry Series. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 245.
Ninety miles separate Cuba and Key West, Florida. Crossing that distance, thousands of Cubans have lost their lives. For Cuban American poet Virgil Su\u00e1rez, that expanse of ocean represents the state of exile, which he has imaginatively bridged in over two decades of compelling poetry.
\u0022Whatever isn't voiced in time drowns,\u0022 Su\u00e1rez writes in \u0022River Fable,\u0022 and the urgency to articulate the complex yearnings of the displaced marks all the poems collected here. 90 Miles contains the best work from Su\u00e1rez's six previous collections: You Come Singing, Garabato, In the Republic of Longing, Palm Crows, Banyan, and Guide to ... Read more
Ninety miles separate Cuba and Key West, Florida. Crossing that distance, thousands of Cubans have lost their lives. For Cuban American poet Virgil Su\u00e1rez, that expanse of ocean represents the state of exile, which he has imaginatively bridged in over two decades of compelling poetry.
\u0022Whatever isn't voiced in time drowns,\u0022 Su\u00e1rez writes in \u0022River Fable,\u0022 and the urgency to articulate the complex yearnings of the displaced marks all the poems collected here. 90 Miles contains the best work from Su\u00e1rez's six previous collections: You Come Singing, Garabato, In the Republic of Longing, Palm Crows, Banyan, and Guide to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Condition
New
Series
Pitt Poetry Series
Number of Pages
114
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822958802
SKU
V9780822958802
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About Virgil Suarez
Virgil Suárez is the author of four novels, a collection of stories, two memoirs, and eight poetry collections, and he has coedited two anthologies with his wife, Delia Poey. Most recently he has published an anthology of Latino poetry titled Paper Dance.
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