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The Science of Departures

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THE SCIENCE OF DEPARTURES is a book of goodbyes. Each poem in Adalber Salas Hern�ndez's collection speaks to a different kind of farewell: death, estrangement, illness, dispossession, decomposition, banishment, stories forgetfully or oppressively re-written over time, the painful discrepancy between language and experience. Some address historical figures or speak in their voices. Others explore the body : where it goes, the borders it traverses, what it's forced to leave behind. Informed both by classical literature and contemporary Venezuelan politics, by twentieth-century history and high school biology class, by Twitter and the Old Testament, by the cynicism of bureaucracy and the wonder of parenthood, these poems register loss, condemn subjugation, and marvel at the music humans can make when we try to speak of it all.

Poetry. Latinx Studies.

Pages: 160

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Kenning Editions

Release: October 25, 2021

ISBN: 1734317663

ISBN 13: 9781734317664

The Science of Departures

4.8/5 ( ratings)

THE SCIENCE OF DEPARTURES is a book of goodbyes. Each poem in Adalber Salas Hern�ndez's collection speaks to a different kind of farewell: death, estrangement, illness, dispossession, decomposition, banishment, stories forgetfully or oppressively re-written over time, the painful discrepancy between language and experience. Some address historical figures or speak in their voices. Others explore the body : where it goes, the borders it traverses, what it's forced to leave behind. Informed both by classical literature and contemporary Venezuelan politics, by twentieth-century history and high school biology class, by Twitter and the Old Testament, by the cynicism of bureaucracy and the wonder of parenthood, these poems register loss, condemn subjugation, and marvel at the music humans can make when we try to speak of it all.

Poetry. Latinx Studies.

Pages: 160

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Kenning Editions

Release: October 25, 2021

ISBN: 1734317663

ISBN 13: 9781734317664

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