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PublisherCavankerry Press, The Limited

ISBN-101933880503

ISBN-139781933880501

eBay Product ID (ePID)219223730

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Book TitleEating Moors and Christians

Number of Pages124 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

TopicGeneral, Subjects & Themes / General

GenreLiterary Criticism, Poetry

AuthorSandra M. Castillo

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight23.5 Oz

Item Length1 in

Item Width0.6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsEating Moors and Christians is a delicious concoction of imagery and history. These are luminous poems and they will see you home through some dark and bitter nights. Castillo has crafted a startling collection of poems of her life in post-revolutionary Cuba, of exile in Miami, and her journey back, each time unearthing powerful new memories and voices that become part of this great ajiaco of magic, glorious food, and unforgettable people. With Cuba back in the news, these poems are timelier than ever and they resonate with the impending unification of the island and the exiled mainland of Miami. This book is necessary reading here, there, and everywhere., "Eating Moors and Christians is a delicious concoction of imagery and history. These are luminous poems and they will see you home through some dark and bitter nights. Castillo has crafted a startling collection of poems of her life in post-revolutionary Cuba, of exile in Miami, and her journey back, each time unearthing powerful new memories and voices that become part of this great ajiaco of magic, glorious food, and unforgettable people. With Cuba back in the news, these poems are timelier than ever and they resonate with the impending unification of the island and the exiled mainland of Miami. This book is necessary reading here, there, and everywhere."-Virgil Suarez, author of The Soviet Circus Comes to Havana & Other Stories, 90 Miles, Selected & New Poems, and Landscapes & Dreams, " 'I took a picture of the ruins,' Sandra M. Castillo writes, and these poems are the pictures, vivid documents of an 'innocent past and the shadow of la Cuba de mi infancia.' With Castillo, readers will travel "a blood red guidebook, a twisted map of desire,' plumbing the haunted spaces between "history and sorrow.' This is a poet who, above all, strives to capture 'our desire to understand/how we are thrown/into darkness.' ", Sandra M. Castillo's verses navigate the turbulent waters of Cuban history and its realities. Exile, revolution, and homecoming are revealed in imagery that evokes the mysteries of the Cuban heart and soul. The poems are a lyrical excursion through a place that feels at once forbidden and familiar, reflecting the torn feelings of many Cubans, both los de aquí, y los de allá., In Sandra M. Castillo's new book Eating Moors and Christians, el exilio becomes a place both mythical and real. I love these poems; I love how they move from English to Spanish, from Cuba to Miami, from Miami to the ample country of the heart.

Dewey Decimal809.93355

Table Of ContentCUBAN IRONY * El Bayú * Hector, 1969 * Cuban Irony * Peluquera * I Was a Cold War Baby * This Is a Photograph of Me * Looking South * On Hearing That I Will Be Able to Return to Cuba * Unearthing the Remains * Quickening Days * Pizza * Voyeur * This Is No

SynopsisEating Moors and Christians depicts a conflicted history and utilizes the Cuban Revolution as a springboard from which to discuss what is at the center of exile literature--liminality. It explores universal issues as it aims to enlarge the scope of diaspora literature and transcend boundaries of ethnicity, expanding the conversation about the work of Cuban-American writers., Eating Moors and Christians depicts a conflicted history and utilizes the Cuban Revolution as a springboard from which to discuss what is at the center of exile literature-liminality. It explores universal issues as it aims to enlarge the scope of diaspora literature and transcend boundaries of ethnicity, expanding the conversation about the work of Cuban-American writers.

LC Classification NumberPN56.5.E96