The performance of becoming human /

Daniel Borzutzky's new collection of poetry, The Performance of Becoming Human, draws hemispheric connections between the US and Latin America, specifically touching upon issues relating to border and immigration policies, economic disparity, political violence, and the disturbing rhetoric of c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Borzutzky, Daniel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Brooklyn, New York : Brooklyn Arts Press, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Let light shine out of darkness
  • The performance of becoming human
  • In the blazing cities of your rotten carcass mouth
  • The gross and borderless body
  • Dream song #17
  • The private world
  • Dream song #423
  • Memories of my overdevelopment
  • Eat nothing
  • The privatized waters of dawn
  • Archive
  • Obliged to perform in darkness
  • The broken testimony
  • The devouring economy of nature
  • Lake Michigan merges into the Bay of Valparaiso, Chile
  • Lake Michigan, scene #XIC290.341AB3DY
  • The mountain at the end of this book.