{"product_id":"antes-que-isla-es-volc-raquel-salas-rivera-9780807014578","title":"Antes Que Isla Es Volc疣 \/ Before Island Is Volcano: Poemas \/ Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eGold Medal Winner of the Juan Felipe Herrera Award for Bilingual Poetry \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the National Book Award-nominated, Lambda Award-winning poet: a powerful, inventive new collection that looks to the future of Puerto Rico with love, rage, beauty, and hope \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaquel Salas Rivera's star has risen swiftly in the poetry world, and this, his 6th book, promises to cement his status as one of the most important poets working today. In sharp, crystalline verses, written in both Spanish and English versions, \u003ci\u003eantes que isla es volc疣\u003c\/i\u003e daringly imagines a decolonial Puerto Rico. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSalas Rivera unfurls series after series of poems that build in intensity: one that casts Puerto Rico as the island of Caliban in Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e, another that imagines a multiverse of possibilities for Puerto Rico's fate, a 3rd in which the poet demands his right to a future and its immediate distribution. The verses are rigorous and sophisticated, engaging with literary and political theory, yet are also hard-hitting, charismatic, and quotable (\"won't you be sorry? \/ won't you wish you had a boss? \/ won't you get restless \/ with all that freedom?\"). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese poems tap unflinchingly into the explosive energy of the island, transforming it into protest, into spirit, into art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raquel Salas Rivera\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807014575\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807014578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2022 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/23\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2022 pg. 69","brand":"Raquel Salas Rivera","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042921378047,"sku":"9780807014578","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18d1df4e-cf23-4330-8314-6ba1b62e0e14.jpg?v=1684964285","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/antes-que-isla-es-volc-raquel-salas-rivera-9780807014578","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}