{"product_id":"the-roots-of-a-thousand-juan-felipe-herrera-9781933149967","title":"The Roots of a Thousand Embraces: Dialogues","description":"\u003cp\u003eJuan Felipe Hererra's writing fuses wide-ranging experimentalism with reflections on Mexican-American identity . . .--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn forty cantos, the poet explores the metaphysical relationship between Frida Kahlo, her art, her broken body, and cross-border consciousness. First published in 1994, this early work--his sixth book--reveals a deep sense of longing for all to be made whole again in spite of fractures--physical, metaphorical, cultural--bestowed by the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Prologue: A Second Body: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThink on the time it takes a scar to heal, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ea river to rise -- an old woman to regain the tumbling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003epowers of her busted arms -- a young woman (calling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eherself Frida) to re-structure her shattered vertebrae, to\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebe caught up with a body-cast, a second body which she\u003cbr\u003einhabits -- for the rest of her life; this is precious to me, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethat is all. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe painted herself somewhere in-between Mexico and\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe United States -- in the open space of the jaws; between\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe mandibles of the jaguar and the nuclear turbine.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt is the healing of this metaphysical fracture too (which\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003emay invoke further breakage) that concerns me.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuan Felipe Herrera\u003c\/b\u003e was raised in a farm-working family in the San Joaquin Valley. A graduate of UCLA, the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and Stanford University, he has written numerous books. Herrera's awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the PEN USA Award. Former Poet Laureate of California and now United States Poet Laureate, he lives in Fresno.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Juan Felipe Herrera\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1933149965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933149967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manic D Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Juan Felipe Herrera","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44129656013055,"sku":"9781933149967","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5ac2248c-1488-4266-8f89-67d625194b66.jpg?v=1687465089","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-roots-of-a-thousand-juan-felipe-herrera-9781933149967","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}