{"product_id":"dulce-marcelo-hernandez-castillo-9780810136960","title":"Dulce: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003ci\u003eDulce\u003c\/i\u003e are at once confession and elegy that admit the speaker's attempt and possible failure to reconcile intimacy toward another and toward the self. The collection asks: \u003ci\u003ewhat's the point in any of this?--\u003c\/i\u003emeaning, what's the use of longing beyond pleasure; what's the use of looking for an origin if we already know the ending? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Surreal and deeply imagistic, the poems map a parallel between the landscape of the border and the landscape of sexuality. Marcelo Hernandez Castillo invites the reader to confront and challenge the distinctions of borders and categories, and in doing so, he obscures and negates such divisions. He allows for the possibility of an \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e in a world of \u003ci\u003eeither\/or\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These poems enact a prescient anxiety of what is to come, \"I want to say all of this is true \/ but we both know it isn't. . . . We already know what's at the other end of this.\" \u003ci\u003eDulce\u003c\/i\u003e is truly a lyrical force rife with the rich language of longing and regret that disturbs even the most serene quiet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcelo Hernandez Castillo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810136961\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810136960\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 4.90w x 0.20d","brand":"Marcelo Hernandez Castillo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995611758847,"sku":"9780810136960","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca9fa042-43fe-4824-866b-105f93eea198.jpg?v=1683336794","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dulce-marcelo-hernandez-castillo-9780810136960","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}