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Everything We Think We Hear

Everything We Think We Hear

Description

Everything We Think We Hear is a collection of prose poems and flash fictions in the tradition of the Latin American microcuento. At turns fabulistic and true to life, these short pieces tell stories about growing up in and out of South Texas and about the role family mythology has in relating to the world. Through experiences articulated via poetic prose, this collection presents Latin@ storytelling as a way to understand the universal through the personal.

ISBN

9781518644917

Publication Date

2015

Publisher

Floricanto Press

City

Moorpark, California

Disciplines

Creative Writing | Fiction | Poetry

Comments

Description, cover image, and reviews courtesy of Floricanto Press.

Subject Areas

Poetry

Author/Editor Bio

José Angel Araguz is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Linfield College. He holds a Ph.D in Creative Writing from the University of Cincinnati, an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from New York University, and a B.A. in Creative Writing from The College of Santa Fe.

Reviews

"What is the meaning beyond memory’s hauntings? How does one survive the multi-faceted self fashioned from such meanings? Poet José Angél Araguz’ unflinching collection, Everything We Think We Hear, considers these questions from all angles and gives us answers as adamantine and brilliant as the prose poems he has fashioned in his questing." - Sarah Cortéz, Councilor, Texas Institute of Letters, author of Cold Blue Steel

"José Angél Araguz balances the beauty and agony of a man siphoning love from beer bottles, sparse mother-son conversations, a stern Tía’s throw, and the weathered memories of an absent father. This collection, where a boy who couldn’t dream becomes a man 'making communion with all he knows,' insists you gaze on lo raro, the sour-pickled and scattered parts of a soul who refuses to ignore the song of the broken even when surrounded by splendor." - Peggy Robles-Alvarado, author of Homenaje a las guerreras

"In José Angél Araguz’s collection, Everything We Think We Hear, todo se vale, everything goes! This book plays with our senses and forces us to consider what we think we hear, what we think we are reading. A fierce voice that shouts often and whispers now and then the many truths of life in South Texas. The poetic prose pieces startle the senses with rich images that linger in the mind like memorable dreams. Read these pieces and come away transformed." - Norma E. Cantú, author of Canícula

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