{"product_id":"lineage-of-rain-janel-pineda-9781642595277","title":"Lineage of Rain","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this spellbinding debut, Los Angeles-born poet Janel Pineda sings of communal love and the diaspora and dreams for a liberated future. \u003cem\u003eLineage of Rain\u003c\/em\u003e traces histories of Salvadoran migration and the US-sponsored civil war to reimagine trauma as a site for transformation and healing. With a scholar's caliber, Pineda archives family memory, crafting a collection that centers intergenerational narratives through poems filled with a yearning to crystallize a new world--one unmarked by patriarchal violence. At their heart, many of these poems are an homage to women: love letters to mothers, sisters, and daughters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLineage of Rain\u003c\/em\u003e moves from los campos de El Salvador to the firework-laden streets of South Gate to the riverbanks of England. Pineda's masterful stroke weaves together these seemingly disparate worlds, illustrating the complicated reality of living as a first-generation student. As the speaker navigates elitism and the violence of the English language, she lays bare their ties to power. And yet, these poems rebel through revel, asking: \u003cem\u003ehow do we hold each other tenderly in a world replete with pain and many forms of violence?\u003c\/em\u003e With dreams made possible through collective struggle, Pineda returns us to the seeds from which we bloom: family, history, and community. All the while, this collection never fails to capture often overlooked moments of joy--the mundane yet monumental--showing the reader that the world we dream is already ours. Through \u003cem\u003eLineage of Rain\u003c\/em\u003e, Pineda emerges as a seminal contributor to the canon of Central American diasporic writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Janel Pineda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1642595276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642595277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/22\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.10d","brand":"Janel Pineda","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043986567423,"sku":"9781642595277","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b189a32f-70d8-4081-8ee2-d741a2f825ce.jpg?v=1684970259","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lineage-of-rain-janel-pineda-9781642595277","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}