Lima : limón

Author

Natalie Scenters-Zapico

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.