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Book

Lima : limón

Call Number

  • 811 S289 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Port Townsend, Washington : Copper Canyon Press, [2019]

Physical Description

75 pages ; 25 cm

Summary

"In her striking second collection, Natalie Scenters-Zapico sets her unflinching gaze once again on the borders of things. Lima :: Limón illuminates both the sweet and the sour of the immigrant experience, of life as a woman in the U.S. and Mexico, and of the politics of the present day. Drawing inspiration from the music of her childhood, her lyrical poems focus on the often-tested resilience of women. Scenters-Zapico writes heartbreakingly about domestic violence and its toxic duality of macho versus hembra, of masculinity versus femininity, and throws into harsh relief the all-too-normalized pain that women endure. Her sharp verse and intense anecdotes brand her poems into the reader; images like the Virgin Mary crying glass tears and a border fence that leaves never-healing scars intertwine as she stares down femicide and gang violence alike. Unflinching, Scenters-Zapico highlights the hardships and stigma immigrants face on both sides of the border, her desire to create change shining through in every line. Lima :: Limón is grounding and urgent, a collection that speaks out against violence and works toward healing"--

Contents

  • Lima limón :: infancia
  • Neomachismo
  • In the age of Los Zetas
  • Lima limón :: Azahar
  • At a party I tell a story & ask:
  • I am á la mode
  • My macho takes care of me good
  • Lima limón :: madurez
  • Women's work
  • He has an oral fixation
  • Lima limón :: vejez
  • Sonnet for a dollar
  • Kept
  • Discovery
  • I didn't know you could buy
  • Lima limón :: decrepitud
  • Macho :: hembra
  • She is á la mode
  • My gift
  • Macho :: hembra
  • Aesthetic translation
  • He finds a kissing bug
  • More than one man has reached up my skirt
  • Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo, México
  • Macho :: hembra
  • In the culture of now
  • The women wear surgical masks
  • Libro gore
  • Macho :: hembra
  • A crown of gold snakes on my head
  • My brother
  • Notes on my present: a contrapuntal
  • Macho :: hembra
  • Body
  • There is no such thing as confession in Latinx poetry
  • Macho :: hembra
  • You are a dark body
  • I wait for a bus
  • Bad mother :: bad father
  • Receta en el cajón
  • There is a bird in my mouth
  • For my son born in la Mariscal
  • Last night I was killed by man
  • Criada
  • I am with child
  • Argyria
  • Marianismo
  • Buen esqueleto
  • The hunt.

Subjects

Genres

Poetry.