{"product_id":"the-book-of-wounded-sparrows-poems-volume-2-paperback","title":"The Book of Wounded Sparrows: Poems Volume 2 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOctavio Quintanilla\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2024 National Book Award Longlist in Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Wounded Sparrows\u003c\/i\u003e, his second full-length collection of poetry, Octavio Quintanilla sifts through the wreckage left in the pursuit of the American Dream. This is a book within a book, a memory within a memory, a future within a past, and most urgently--a journey to reclaim the self for what it was and to proclaim what it could be. Nested within one another, the English and Spanish, the poetry and art, create layers of obscuration and revelation, unburying the fractured landscapes left in the wake of geographic, emotional, and familial dislocation. \u003cp\u003e In this collection, Quintanilla finds the language and the form to write about the loss that often happens when one migrates from one country to another: the loss of family, the loss of culture, and the loss of language. Of course, this book is more than that--more than a narrative of loss--it is a book of poetic reclamation, of poetic imagination, of finding new and interesting ways to tell a story, a love of language at its center, so as to reclaim a history of trauma and mythologize the self. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Octavio Quintanilla is the author of the poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eIf I Go Missing\u003c\/i\u003e (Slough Press, 2014) and of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Wounded Sparrows\u003c\/i\u003e (Texas Review Press, 2024). He served as the 2018-2020 Poet Laureate of San Antonio, TX. His poetry, fiction, translations, and photography have appeared, or are forthcoming, in journals such as \u003ci\u003eThe Southampton Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalamander, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRHINO\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlaska Quarterly Review, Pilgrimage, Green Mountains Review, Southwestern American Literature, The Texas Observer, Existere: A Journal of Art \u0026amp; Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. His Frontextos (visual poems) have been published in \u003ci\u003ePoetry Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTexas Review Press\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBorderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Midway Journal, The Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. His poetry and Frontextos can be found at the San Antonio Labor Plaza, and at Poet's Point, a San Antonio community space. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Octavio's visual work has been exhibited in numerous spaces, including the Mexican Cultural Institute in San Antonio, TX, El Paso Museum of Art, Southwest School of Art, Presa House Gallery, Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center \/ Black Box Theater in Austin, TX. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Octavio is the Founder and Director of the Literature and Arts Festival, VersoFrontera, and the Founder and Publisher of Alabrava Press. Octavio holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Texas and is the regional editor for \u003ci\u003eTexas Books in Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of the Nebrija Creadores Scholarship which allowed him a month-long residency at the Instituto Franklin at Alcalá University in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. He teaches Literature and Creative Writing in the M.A.\/M.F.A. program at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 122\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7 x 8.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47404127715506,"sku":"9781680033663","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/e11c62513b7abb81daa7e1b78cc6fdad.webp?v=1778152708","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-book-of-wounded-sparrows-poems-volume-2-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}