Tapping out : poems /
"Lucha libre is the backdrop to Nandi Comer's poetry collection, which strips the masks we wear to examine violence, trauma and identity"--
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Evanston, Illinois :
TriQuarterly Books / Northwestern University Press,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- On Becoming a Fan
- Lucha Libre
- Postcards, a Self-Portrait
- I Dream I Am a Doña Dreaming of Lucha
- ¡Sangre! ¡Sangre! ¡Sangre!
- The Idol's Mask
- Losing between Manholes and Myths
- Detroit, Llorona, My Heart, My City
- Uncle Rod Watches Man on Fire
- On Coming Home to Teach
- Enmascarado, -a
- How Not to Lose the Mask: Mil Máscaras Showers after a Match
- Finding My Face in Carnival
- La Base
- La Base
- Learning to Roll Our Tongues, Detroit
- Ode to the Tongue
- Great Match
- Narcissus on El Santo
- Los Exóticos
- Negrita
- Mama Snaps. I Salsa.
- Castas
- Amanuensis
- The Art of Spirit Submission: An Ars Poetica
- Lucha de Apuesta
- How Not to Lose the Mask: Lucha de Apuesta
- How Not to Lose the Mask: Take Down the Man Who Grabs Your Crotch While on Your Way to Church
- The First Guy: No Reverence, No Praise, No Calling Upon
- Vasconcelos Meets Skip Gates
- Kathmandu
- Rudo, -a
- Rudo
- Call the Match
- Words between Us
- Guadalajara in the Form of Litany (2001-2005)
- The Warning
- Memín Pinguín
- "Están Haciendo Trabajos Que Ni Siquiera Los Negros Quieren Hacer"
- But It's Not Real. It's All for Show.
- Técnico, -a
- Tamed
- Losing the Mask.