{"product_id":"the-book-of-wounded-sparrows-poems-volume-2-contextual","title":"The Book of Wounded Sparrows: Poems (Volume 2) (Con[text]ual)","description":"National Book Award Longlist in Poetry\nKingsley Tufts Poetry Award Finalist\nInternational Latino Book Awards Finalist\nTexas Institute of Letters' Burdine C. Johnson Award for Best Book of Poetry Honor-Winner\nThe Juan Felipe Herrerra Best Poetry Book Award Finalist\n\nIn The Book of Wounded Sparrows, his second full-length collection of poetry, Octavio Quintanilla sifts through the wreckage left in the pursuit of the American Dream. This is a book within a book, a memory within a memory, a future within a past, and most urgently―a journey to reclaim the self for what it was and to proclaim what it could be. Nested within one another, the English and Spanish, the poetry and art, create layers of obscuration and revelation, unburying the fractured landscapes left in the wake of geographic, emotional, and familial dislocation.\nIn this collection, Quintanilla finds the language and the form to write about the loss that often happens when one migrates from one country to another: the loss of family, the loss of culture, and the loss of language. Of course, this book is more than that―more than a narrative of loss―it is a book of poetic reclamation, of poetic imagination, of finding new and interesting ways to tell a story, a love of language at its center, so as to reclaim a history of trauma and mythologize the self.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1680033662\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1680033662.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Quintanilla, Octavio\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41598207852602,"sku":"DBV.1680033662.A","price":11.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-book-of-wounded-sparrows-poems-volume-2-contextual","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}