{"product_id":"ima-and-coli-are-the-alejandro-prez-corts-9781636140704","title":"Ima and Coli Are the Tree That Was Never a Seed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, granted by the National Poetry Series, is the author's impressionistic homage to his hometown of Colima, Mexico.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Sean Manning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIma and Coli Are the Tree That Was Never a Seed\u003c\/i\u003e is Alejandro Pérez-Cortés's personal genesis of Colima, Mexico, published here in both English and Spanish. The tree is an element\/character in the book that appears and disappears throughout. Some poems are set in an ancient pre-Hispanic Colima; others reflect the reality of a modern-day Colima, sadly stigmatized and eroded by violence perpetrated by the narcos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his introduction, preeminent Cuban poet José Kozer praises Pérez-Cortés: \"\u003ci\u003eIma and Coli Are the Tree That Was Never a Seed\u003c\/i\u003e comprises a voice that I consider poetic and that should be cared for and listened to with true interest. A voice that encompasses all, one that seeks to integrate, remake, and modify normative language when necessary, and to distort language that allows a better perception of the present and of everything that is historically behind a contemporary poet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Paz Prize for Poetry is presented by the National Poetry Series and Miami Book Fair at Miami Dade College and is awarded biennially. Named in the spirit of the late Nobel Prize-winning poet Octavio Paz, it honors a previously unpublished book of poetry written originally in Spanish by an American resident.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alejandro Pérez-Cortés\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 163614070X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636140704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Alejandro Pérez-Cortés","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44042644324607,"sku":"9781636140704","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb88fad3-d783-4e5b-a32f-0022d059b71f.jpg?v=1684962702","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ima-and-coli-are-the-alejandro-prez-corts-9781636140704","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}