{"product_id":"stepmotherland","title":"Stepmotherland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStepmotherland\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour-de-force debut collection about coming of age, coming out, and coming to America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize, \u003ci\u003eStepmotherland\u003c\/i\u003e, Darrel Alejandro Holnes's first full-length collection, is filled with poems that chronicle and question identity, family, and allegiance. This Central American love song is in constant motion as it takes us on a lyrical and sometimes narrative journey from Panamá to the USA and beyond. The driving force behind Holnes's work is a pursuit for a new home, and as he searches, he takes the reader on a wild ride through the most pressing political issues of our time and the most intimate and transformative personal experiences of his life. Exploring a complex range of emotions, this collection is a celebration of the discovery of America, the discovery of self, and the ways they may be one and the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolnes's poems experiment with macaronic language, literary forms, and prosody. In their inventiveness, they create a new tradition that blurs the borders between poetry, visual art, and dramatic text. The new legacy he creates is one with significant reverence for the past, which informs a central desire of immigrants and native-born citizens alike: the desire for a better life. \u003ci\u003eStepmotherland\u003c\/i\u003e documents an artist's evolution into manhood and heralds the arrival of a stunning new poetic voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52833833517367,"sku":"9780268202163","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/9926\/1239\/files\/imageloader_9e438a0c-02f3-4aaf-9cf2-7cbbb990ed46.jpg?v=1786658482","url":"https:\/\/shop.queerbooks.com\/products\/stepmotherland","provider":"Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni's Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}