The Diaspora Sonnets by Oliver de la Paz Paperback Book

Description: The Diaspora Sonnets by Oliver de la Paz Longlisted for the 2023 National Book Award for Poetry For fans of Diane Seuss and Victoria Chang, a coruscating collection that eloquently invokes the perseverance and myth of the Filipino diaspora in America FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In 1972, after Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, Oliver de la Pazs father, in a last fit of desperation to leave the Philippines, threw his papers at an immigration clerk, hoping to get them stamped. He was prepared to leave, having already quit his job and having exchanged pesos for dollars; but he couldnt anticipate the challenges of the migratory lifestyle he and his family would soon adopt in America. Their search for a sense of "home" and boundless feelings of deracination are evocatively explored by award-winning poet de la Paz in this formally inventive collection of sonnets. Broken into three parts-"The Implacable West," "Landscape with Work, Rest, and Silence," and "Dwelling Music"-The Diaspora Sonnets eloquently invokes the perseverance and bold possibilities of de la Pazs displaced family as they strove for stability and belonging. In order to establish her medical practice, de la Pazs mother had to relocate often for residencies. As they moved from state to state his father worked to support the family. Sonnets thus flit from coast to coast, across prairies and deserts, along the way musing on shadowy dreams of a faraway country. The sonnet proves formally malleable as de la Paz breaks and rejoins its tradition throughout this collection, embarking on a broader conversation about what fits and how one adapts-from the restrained use of rhyme in "Diaspora Sonnet in the Summer with the River Water Low" and carefully metered "Diaspora Sonnet Imagining My Fathers Uncertainty and Nothing Else" to the hybridized "Diaspora Sonnet at the Feeders Before the Freeze." A series of "Chain Migration" poems viscerally punctuate the sonnets, giving witness to the labor and sacrifice of the immigrant experience, as do a series of hauntingly beautiful pantoums. Written with the deft touch of a virtuoso and the compassion of a loving son, The Diaspora Sonnets powerfully captures the peculiar pangs of a diaspora "that has left and is forever leaving." Author Biography Oliver de la Paz is the author and editor of seven poetry collections, including The Boy in the Labyrinth, a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award. He teaches at the College of the Holy Cross and is the Poet Laureate of Worcester. Review "Poems rise off the page and into the readers lungs, blood stream, and heart while reading Oliver de la Pazs The Diaspora Sonnets.... De la Paz moves within the tradition of elegant rhymes, pacing, and the fourteen-line convention." -- Kimiko Hahn, author of Foreign Bodies"Here the sonnet takes on de la Pazs narrative and lyric search for home, for what home means, and how we sing about it when it has been taken away. This is a song everyone needs to hear." -- Matthew Dickman, author of Husbandry Details ISBN1324095172 Author Oliver de la Paz Pages 112 Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781324095170 Format Paperback Country of Publication United States Audience General Publisher WW Norton & Co Imprint WW Norton & Co Place of Publication New York Alternative 9781324092988 ISBN-10 1324095172 DEWEY 811.6 Publication Date 2024-07-12 US Release Date 2024-07-12 UK Release Date 2024-07-12 AU Release Date 2024-09-23 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161585343;

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