{"product_id":"algaraba-roque-raquel-salas-rivera-9781644453513","title":"Algarab?a: The Song of Cenex, Natural Son of the Isle Alarab?yya \/ La Canci?n de Cenex, Hijo Natural de la ?nsula Alarab?yya","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Puerto Rican trans epic that blends poetic play and speculative fiction, by a Lambda Literary Award winner \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlgarab?a\u003c\/i\u003e follows Cenex, a trans being who narrates his life while navigating the stories told on his behalf. An inhabitant of a colony of Earth in a parallel universe, Cenex leads us through his years as an experimental subject, a stay in suburbia, and not-so-far-off lands as he struggles to find a name, a body, and a stable home. His song clashes variegated sources with work by cis writers on trans figures, referencing everything from \u003ci\u003eClueless\u003c\/i\u003e to Taino cosmology within a single line. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlgarab?a\u003c\/i\u003e inscribes an origin narrative for trans people in the face of their erasure from colonial and anti-colonial literary canons, laughing at its own survival with sharp, unserious rage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUna epopeya puertorrique?a trans que mezcla poes?a y narrativa especulativa, por un ganador del Premio Lambda \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlgarab?a\u003c\/i\u003e sigue a Cenex, un ser trans que narra su vida retrospectivamente mientras navega por las historias contadas en su nombre. Habitante de una colonia de la Tierra en un universo paralelo, Cenex nos conduce a trav?s de sus a?os como sujeto experimental, una estancia suburbana, unas tierras no tan lejanas y su lucha por encontrar un cuerpo y un hogar estables. Su canto enfrenta textos de escritores cis sobre figuras trans con una variedad de fuentes, haciendo referencia a Clueless y a la cosmolog?a ta?na dentro de un mismo verso. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlgarab?a\u003c\/i\u003e inscribe un mito fundacional para las personas trans frente a su exclusi?n de los c?nones literarios coloniales y anticoloniales y se r?e de su propia supervivencia con una rabia p?cara y aguda.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roque Raquel Salas Rivera\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644453517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644453513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 7.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Roque Raquel Salas Rivera","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46685584457983,"sku":"9781644453513","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/algaraba-roque-raquel-salas-rivera-9781644453513","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}