Speaking to both a personal and collective loss, in Brother Bullet Casandra López confronts her relationships with violence, grief, guilt, and ultimately, endurance. Revisiting the memory and lasting consequences of her brother's murder, López traces the course of the bullet-its trajectory, impact, wreckage-in lyrical narrative poems that are haunting and raw with emotion, yet tender and alive in revelations of light.
Drawing on migratory experiences, López transports the reader to the Inland Empire, Baja California, New Mexico, and Arizona to create a frame for memory, filled with imagery, through the cyclical but changing essence of sorrow. This is paralleled with surrounding environments, our sense of belonging-on her family's porch, or in her grandfather's orange grove, or in the darkest desert. López's landscapes are geographical markers and borders, connecting shared experiences and memories.
Brother Bullet tugs and pulls, drawing us into a consciousness-a story-we all bear.
| ISBN: | 9780816538522 |
| Publication date: | 19th February 2019 |
| Author: | Casandra Lopez |
| Publisher: | The University of Arizona Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 95 pages |
| Series: | Sun Tracks : An American Indian Literary Series |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: poetry and poets Poetry |
Speaking to both a personal and collective loss, in Brother Bullet Casandra López confronts her relationships with violence, grief, guilt, and ultimately, endurance. Revisiting the memory and lasting consequences of her brother's murder, López traces the course of the bullet-its trajectory, impact, wreckage-in lyrical narrative poems that are haunting and raw with emotion, yet tender and alive in revelations of light.Drawing on migratory experiences, López transports the reader to the Inland Empire, Baja California, New Mexico, and Arizona to create a frame for memory, filled with imagery, through the cyclical but changing essence of sorrow.
Brother Bullet features in the following genres: Literary studies: poetry and poets, Poetry
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Brother Bullet was written by Casandra Lopez and published by The University of Arizona Press
Brother Bullet has 95 pages
Yes it is part of Sun Tracks : An American Indian Literary Series series
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