{"product_id":"return-against-the-flow-paperback","title":"Return Against the Flow - 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\u003eSusana Praver-Pérez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Juan Felipe Herrera Award bronze medal (International Latino Book Awards).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eReturn Against the Flow\u003c\/i\u003e by Susana Praver-Pérez is a memoir-in-verse that travels back and forth between Puerto Rico and its diaspora, much like the island's pattern of circular migration over the years. Reflecting her personal journey across geographies and languages, Susana's poems move between English and Spanish, and capture the tempo of ambient sounds, such as drumbeats of bomba, or a black-plumed chango chirping at dawn. She unflinchingly explores the daily struggles Puerto Rico faces, while exuberantly celebrating the island's culture, its peoples, and the concept of \"return\". This is a voyage via words the reader will remember long after turning the last page.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusana Praver-Pé rez is a bilingual poet and visual artist. A former Physician Assistant and Associate Medical Director at La Clinica de la Raza in Oakland, California, Susana left medicine in 2021 after four decades of community service, to pursue her passion for poetry on a full-time basis. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Acentos Review, About Place Journal, Poets Reading the News\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as many other journals and anthologies. \u003ci\u003eHurricanes, Love Affairs, and Other Disasters\u003c\/i\u003e, Susana's first full-length collection of poetry, received the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47374470283442,"sku":"9781625570833","price":23.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/eAAFV9M6EM9781625570833.webp?v=1782991534","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/return-against-the-flow-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}