
The Lost Nostalgias
Esteban Rodriguez(Author)
CavanKerry Press
Published on 6. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-960327-11-6 (ISBN)
Description
Lyrical insights from an immigrant son navigating love, death, acceptance, and belonging along the United States and Mexico border.
With a narrative voice that translates the unforgettable into something lyrical and magical, The Lost Nostalgias demonstrates Esteban Rodriguez's exploration of familial moments that move between the tragic, the trivial, and the triumphant. A mother's decaying teeth lead to questions of self-care and beauty; a quinceanera becomes a meditation on masculinity; a visit to the bank illuminates a father's existential fears; and a rave suddenly becomes a reflection on migration and survival. Because nothing is off the table under Rodriguez's tender lens, everything and everyone becomes deserving of admiration, dignity, and love.
With a narrative voice that translates the unforgettable into something lyrical and magical, The Lost Nostalgias demonstrates Esteban Rodriguez's exploration of familial moments that move between the tragic, the trivial, and the triumphant. A mother's decaying teeth lead to questions of self-care and beauty; a quinceanera becomes a meditation on masculinity; a visit to the bank illuminates a father's existential fears; and a rave suddenly becomes a reflection on migration and survival. Because nothing is off the table under Rodriguez's tender lens, everything and everyone becomes deserving of admiration, dignity, and love.
Reviews / Votes
"Rodriguez creates enrapturing rhythms through alliteration and recurrent vocabulary--sometimes an incidental word from one poem serves as the title of the next--and even finds beauty in a scrapyard ("Landlocked") or a rest stop ("Bluebonnets"). Lyricism gilds the everyday--memory, health, and landscape--with grace." * Shelf Awareness *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Fort Lee
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
181 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-960327-11-6 (9781960327116)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Esteban Rodriguez is the author of eight poetry collections, most recently Loteria, and the essay collection Before the Earth Devours Us. He is the interviews editor at the EcoTheo Review, senior book reviews editor at Tupelo Quarterly, and associate poetry editor at AG.
Content
I.
Teeth
Shave
Bleached
Dapper
Tongue
Herbalife
Payback
Cure
II.
Home Depot
Biweekly
Nightcap
Hitchhiker
Burro
Requiem
Rome
Pride
Mechanics
Abandon
Trash
Bury
III.
Landlocked
Quinceanera
Bluebonnets
Rain
Shed
Broma
Mojado
Pool
Throw Down
All-State
Blows
Siphon
IV.
Rave
Narratives
Stains
Baptismal
Vet
Yellow Pages
Feet
Elegy
Golden Corral
Piggy
Home
Acknowledgements
Teeth
Shave
Bleached
Dapper
Tongue
Herbalife
Payback
Cure
II.
Home Depot
Biweekly
Nightcap
Hitchhiker
Burro
Requiem
Rome
Pride
Mechanics
Abandon
Trash
Bury
III.
Landlocked
Quinceanera
Bluebonnets
Rain
Shed
Broma
Mojado
Pool
Throw Down
All-State
Blows
Siphon
IV.
Rave
Narratives
Stains
Baptismal
Vet
Yellow Pages
Feet
Elegy
Golden Corral
Piggy
Home
Acknowledgements