El Rey of Gold Teeth
Published on 3. October 2023
104 pages
979-8-88574-023-4 (ISBN)
Description
In El Rey of Gold Teeth, Reyes Ramirez explores living in America as a first-generation American of Salvadoran and Mexican descent, living among conflicting histories. Through the voices of an astronaut, a tennis player, a drag queen, family members, an alternate version of the self, and even a turtle, these propulsive poems embody the many marginalized voices demanding to be remembered in a nation that requires erasure of histories. Colonizing languages and subverting forms, rerouting histories, and finding the mundane made extraordinary, El Rey of Gold Teeth breaks open notions of destiny, in humorous and devastating ways, to reimagine the past and present a new future where lack transforms to abundance, where there will be many answers to every question. Reyes Ramirez's debut poetry collection plays in spaces both elegy and joy, and introduces a vibrant new talent.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Why I Leave the í Out.
- A. El Cosmos is a Body
- A Lesson in Possession
- A Gospel of a New America
- I. Hijo, please
- II. Hijo, please
- A Lesson Through Post-Exilic Fragments I
- La Pulga
- Being Stuck in Traffic with My Big Sister on I-45 S at 6 p.m. is My America
- Pozole
- The Fabulous Wondrous Outfits of the Fabulous Wonder Twins
- Selena's Last Concert in Houston
- Asthma Attack
- III. Hijo, please
- IV. Hijo, please
- A Lesson Through Post-Exilic Fragments II
- B. The City is el Mar
- Pupusas
- La Alondra de la Frontera
- V. Hijo, please
- VI. Hijo, please
- A Lesson Through Post-Exilic Fragments III
- Eddie Guerrero Enters a Ring Holding the World Championship
- The Fabulous Wondrous Outfits of the Fabulous Wonder Twins
- El Salvadoreño Americano as Decolonizer, 1929-1936
- A Broken Red-Eared Slider's Shell
- VII. Hijo, please
- VIII. Hijo, please
- Sal del Mar On Brown Skin | A Language Lost in Sand
- C. A Body is el Mar
- Finding Kittens After a Tropical Storm is My America
- The Chicharra
- A 4th Grade Dance Party in a Cafeteria at 1p.m. is My America
- In the Six Killings of Nazis by Macario Garcia, There is a Lineage
- The Fabulous Wondrous Outfits of the Fabulous Wonder Twins
- A Lesson Through Post-Exilic Fragments IV
- IX. Hijo, please
- X. Hijo, please
- Noches Kemah | Questions With Answers
- Being High in a Movie Theater on Westheimer is My America
- D. The City is el Cosmos
- The First Mexican American Astronaut Was Once
- Los Reyes | That Dream
- Answers Without Questions
- Hot Chip Prayer
- The Fabulous Wondrous Outfits of the Fabulous Wonder Twins
- A Photo Booth in Greenspoint Mall
- The 73 Bus Near Bellfort Around 5:00 p.m. is My America
- A Lesson Towards Dispossession
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
