{"product_id":"fungus-skull-eye-wing-selected-poems-of-alfonso-d-aquino-paperback","title":"Fungus Skull Eye Wing: Selected Poems of Alfonso D?aquino - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlfonso D'Aquino\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eForrest Gander\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is the first bilingual collection by the Mexican master of nature poems, D'Aquino...A necessary read for fans of Hart Crane, Jack Spicer, and Latin American poetry in translation.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Alfonso D'Aquino was raised by his grandmother in an old house attached to a colonial convent in Coyoacáaacute;n, Mexico. Books were his best friends from an early age. Often solitary, he spent many afternoons at a small aquarium in the nearby town of San Ángel, fascinated then as now by the non-human.\"--Forrest Gander, from the introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003efungus skull eye wing\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of shifting subjectivity and liquid perspective, of surrealist tradition and Butoh-like gestures. The text flirts with the margins of the \"rational,\" perception, and the subjective mind. The speaker morphs into what he observes; speech comes alive while a plant becomes speech. Impeccably translated from Spanish by award-winning poet Forrest Gander in a bilingual edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"Its Verb's Forked Tongue\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts verb's forked tongueTransforms transnominatestranslucent linethe viper the verbtranslades its shadowTattoo freakfrom rows of spotsa star transudesa language of scales . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlfonso D'Aquino\u003c\/b\u003e is an editor, poetry instructor, snake handler, and author of six books. He was born in Mexico City in 1959 and currently lives in Cuernavaca, Mexico. His poetry is included in the landmark anthology \u003ci\u003eReversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForrest Gander\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, translator, and professor at Brown University. His books have been named finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlfonso D'Aquino: Alfonso D'Aquino is an editor, poetry instructor, and author of six books. He was born in Mexico City in 1959 and currently lives in Cuernavaca. His poetry is included in the landmark anthology \u003ci\u003eReversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForrest Gander: Forrest Gander is a poet, translator, and professor at Brown University. His many honors include the Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative North American Poetry and a Guggenheim Fellowship; his books have been named finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 110\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47427196715186,"sku":"9781556594472","price":17.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/DhTbRsG0O29781556594472.webp?v=1783288183","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/fungus-skull-eye-wing-selected-poems-of-alfonso-d-aquino-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}