{"product_id":"amor-by-sofia-aguilar","title":"amor., by Sofía Aguilar","description":"\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eProse, poetry, prose poetry, chapbook, 28 pages, from \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bottlecap.press\/collections\/bottlecap-features\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBottlecap Features\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eamor.\u003c\/em\u003e is a tender open letter to the author’s lover, referred to only as \"amor.\" Spanning nearly a decade and dozens of California scenes—from the outskirts of San Francisco to the poppy fields of Chino Hills, from the longing adolescence of a Pomona high school to the cool deserts of Joshua Tree—the author attempts to write down the couple’s origin story and subsequent life together. Through short vignettes, she transforms mundanity into beauty and brings to light the smallest, but most important, acts of affection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eStraddling the boundaries between poetry and prose, fantasy and truth, storytelling and documentation, memory and myth, she paints a portrait of a relationship formed and moved by honesty, respect, longing, and healing. How out of mutual kindness births an equal partnership and admiration for each other and the land they love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eTold with quiet urgency and powerful intimacy, this chapbook is a testament to the person the author chose and chooses to love every day, written with the hope that readers will not only be able to love more freely, but also make it more known.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003eSofía Aguilar is a Chicana writer, editor, and library professional based on the traditional homelands of the Tongva and Chumash peoples, now known as Los Angeles, California. Her work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eL.A. Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRefinery29 Somos\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNew Orleans Review\u003c\/em\u003e, among other publications. \u003cem\u003eSTREAMING SERVICE: golden shovels made for tv\u003c\/em\u003e (2021) is her self-published debut poetry chapbook. Its sequel \u003cem\u003eSTREAMING SERVICE: season two\u003c\/em\u003e, also self- published, was released in June 2022. Her debut children’s picture book \u003cem\u003eQueer Latine Heroes: 25 Changemakers from Latin America and the U.S. from History and Today\u003c\/em\u003e is forthcoming from Jessica Kingsley Publishers in September 2025. You can find her at  sofiaaguilar.com  or on social media at @sofiaxaguilar.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bottlecap Press","offers":[{"title":"Chapbook","offer_id":47543300554930,"sku":"AMORSA","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital Download (PDF)","offer_id":47543300587698,"sku":"AMORSAe","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/amorfront.png?v=1780355198","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/amor-by-sofia-aguilar","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}