Some of the Light
New and Selected Poems
Published on 28. March 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-8070-0669-6 (ISBN)
Description
"Some of the Light: New & Selected gathers the first 25 years of Hernandez's award-winning poetry, offering a glimpse at the trajectory of a rising contemplative American author. At its core, Some of the Light contains collected poems of love, told through the lens of a single father raising two children alone in the borderlands. They are at times intimate and confessional, telescoping from personal relationships to spiritual inquiry, from human rights to the environment, while between the cracks of the poems are poetic contemplations, chronicling the passing days of the pandemic"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boston, MA
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8070-0669-6 (9780807006696)
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03/2023
Beacon Press
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Tim Z. Hernandez is an award-winning author, research scholar, and performer. His work includes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays. He is the recipient of numerous awards, most notably the American Book Award, the Colorado Book Award, and the International Latino Book Award. Hernandez holds a BA from Naropa University and an MFA from Bennington College, and is an associate professor with the University of Texas at El Paso’s bilingual MFA program in creative writing. He lives in El Paso, Texas, with his 2 children.
Content
SOME OF THE LIGHT
Endling
Refraction #1
Father of Clarity
A Basic Understanding
Refraction #2
Single Parent Soliloquy (& The Joy of Kites)
This City
Refraction #3
Self Portrait at 46
Time Capsule
Limerence
Unqualified Poem
Refraction #4
Settling
Sandalwood
Salvador
The Poet’s Return
Refraction #5
Hometown Ode
Ish
Tik Tok
Brown Lotus (A Performance)
Her Majesty’s Last Stand
Variations on This Land
Refraction #6
Sleepless Nights (Thich Nhat Hanh Is Dying)
A Grocery Store
The Talk (Talisman for Salvador)
NATURAL TAKEOVER OF SMALL THINGS
Home
Brown Christ
The Day Johnny Tapia Died on My Sidewalk
Undelivered Postcards to Lydia
San Joaquin Sutra
Natural Takeover of Small Things
Instructions for the Altar
Flying Parallel
My Name Is Hernandez
Adios, Fresno
CULTURE OF FLOW
Culture of Flow
How to Get to the San Joaquin River
SKIN TAX
Mama’s Boy
I Rub My Hands
I Arrive Late
I Pissed on Little Ricky
Perched on the Face
If I Could Tell You
Enter Madrugada
I’m Going to Put Virgil Down
When Young Andres
Acknowledgments
Publication Acknowledgments
About the Author
Endling
Refraction #1
Father of Clarity
A Basic Understanding
Refraction #2
Single Parent Soliloquy (& The Joy of Kites)
This City
Refraction #3
Self Portrait at 46
Time Capsule
Limerence
Unqualified Poem
Refraction #4
Settling
Sandalwood
Salvador
The Poet’s Return
Refraction #5
Hometown Ode
Ish
Tik Tok
Brown Lotus (A Performance)
Her Majesty’s Last Stand
Variations on This Land
Refraction #6
Sleepless Nights (Thich Nhat Hanh Is Dying)
A Grocery Store
The Talk (Talisman for Salvador)
NATURAL TAKEOVER OF SMALL THINGS
Home
Brown Christ
The Day Johnny Tapia Died on My Sidewalk
Undelivered Postcards to Lydia
San Joaquin Sutra
Natural Takeover of Small Things
Instructions for the Altar
Flying Parallel
My Name Is Hernandez
Adios, Fresno
CULTURE OF FLOW
Culture of Flow
How to Get to the San Joaquin River
SKIN TAX
Mama’s Boy
I Rub My Hands
I Arrive Late
I Pissed on Little Ricky
Perched on the Face
If I Could Tell You
Enter Madrugada
I’m Going to Put Virgil Down
When Young Andres
Acknowledgments
Publication Acknowledgments
About the Author