{"product_id":"en-el-norte-soy-joszs-felipe-alvergue-9781632432124","title":"En El Norte \/ Soy del Sur","description":"\u003cb\u003ePoetry that considers migration and identity through formal experimentation with sonnets.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e José Felipe Alvergue's \u003ci\u003een el norte\/soy del sur\u003c\/i\u003e, which translates to \"in the north I am of the south,\" is an exploration into the limits of the American sonnet, one that seeks to establish a stable sense of place, while opening vistas at each turn. Stitching together multiple sonnets into what he calls \"sonnet essays,\" Alvergue rides their turns--or \"voltas\"--that are guided by memories and photographs of his family's migratory history between El Salvador and the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The resulting text is a story of human geography that considers the coordinates of a long, continuous thought about what it means to be \"of a place\" as a defining characteristic of identity, when one is also \"in a place\" that sets strict limits on the political and historical potential of im\/migrants. A deeply human documentary work that delves into one family's migration across the hemisphere, \u003ci\u003een el norte\/soy del sur\u003c\/i\u003e hopes to give shape to the collective and often amorphous history of migration in the face of narratives that peddle spectacularized distillation and essentialism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e José Felipe Alvergue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1632432129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632432124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Omnidawn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"José Felipe Alvergue","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47427848077567,"sku":"9781632432124","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d097ca0-4b0a-43dd-9351-d1766d09d20e.jpg?v=1761581976","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/en-el-norte-soy-joszs-felipe-alvergue-9781632432124","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}