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The diaspora sonnets / Oliver de la Paz.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781324092988
- ISBN: 132409298X
- Physical Description: 112 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | "The sonnet proves formally malleable as de la Paz breaks and rejoins its tradition throughout this collection, embarking on a broader conversation about what fits and how one adapts--from the restrained use of rhyme in "Diaspora Sonnet in the Summer with the River Water Low" and carefully metered "Diaspora Sonnet Imagining My Father's Uncertainty and Nothing Else" to the hybridized "Diaspora Sonnet at the Feeders Before the Freeze." A series of "Chain Migration" poems viscerally punctuate the sonnets, giving witness to the labor and sacrifice of the immigrant experience, as do a series of hauntingly beautiful pantoums"-- Provided by publisher |
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| Subject: | Filipino Americans > Poetry. Immigrants > Poetry. |
| Genre: | Sonnets. Poetry. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
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The Diaspora Sonnets
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Table of Contents
The Diaspora Sonnets
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| I | The Implacable West | |
| Chain Migration I: Airport Coin-Op Food | 17 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet with My Father in the Desert, Seeing the Valley Before Him, and Nothing Else | 19 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet in Eastern Oregon, Late Fall | 20 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet as a Fable for the Road and Nothing Else | 21 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet in the Summer with the River Water Low | 22 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet in Eastern Oregon, with an Orchard Tent in Spring, and Nothing Special | 23 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet on the Occasion of My Father, in Late Summer, Seeing the Grackles of Malheur County | 24 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet as a Flashback to Marikina, Reflected in Irrigation Ditches | 25 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Like Asphodels | 26 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet as a Prayer in Spite of Migration and Absence | 27 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet with My Mother Imagining Herself Beyond the Prairie | 28 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet with My Father at the Docks Watching Sea Lions and Ships | 29 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Imagining My Father's Uncertainty and Nothing Else | 30 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Traveling Between Apartment Rentals | 31 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Nesting in a Chimney | 32 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet with a Wok, a Broken Vent, and Nothing Else | 33 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet on the Glossy Cover of TV Guide | 34 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet with the Red Stain of Lapins and Nothing Else | 35 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet with My Father's Stamped Time Card | 36 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Driving Along the Coast | 37 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet with a Death in an Apartment and the Feedback from a Radio | 38 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet with a Cracked Windshield, a Silent Commute, and Nothing Special | 39 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Occurring a Moment After Work | 40 | |
| Pantoum Beginning and Ending with Thorns | 41 | |
| II | Landscape with Work, Rest, and Silence | |
| Chain Migration II: On Negations and Substitutions | 45 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet in the Heat of the Afternoon with Good Gossip and Nothing Special | 47 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet on My Father's Guns | 48 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Gently Pushed into a Dustpan | 49 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet with My Father in the Off Hours | 50 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet with Swifts Insisting on Their Accommodations | 51 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Measuring Time with Harvest Produce and Nothing Else | 52 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet as a Flashback to Marikina while Setting Sprinkler Heads | 53 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Imagining My Father in Line at Camp Crame | 54 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Sleeping in Springtime Among the Bales and Nothing Special | 55 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Imagining My Father on the Streets of Marikina, Metro Manila | 56 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Lined in Faux Silk with Plenty of Storage Space | 57 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet at the End of the Harvest Season with the Last of the Galas | 58 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet as a Photograph of Me in 1977 | 59 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet as a Long-Distance Collect Call from Manila, and Nothing to Say | 60 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet at a Public Pool in Fruitland, Idaho, with No Quarters | 61 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet in the Morning Before the Rush of Crowds, When Mother Shops and Is Not Seen | 62 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet as Notecards with New Words and Nothing Else | 63 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet as My Grandmother's Fears | 64 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet, Again, as My Grandmother's Fears | 65 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet in the Great Sage Desert with Thistle, Pyrite, and Nothing Else | 66 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet in the Sage Desert When Grandmother Tries to Sleep | 67 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Sent Par Avion with an Ink Blemish from a Broken Pen | 68 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Asleep in a Landscape Full of Blossom and Nothing Special | 69 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet with Daytime TV and Nothing Else | 70 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet in a Hotel Parking Lot at Break Time | 71 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet as Ripples in the Snake River | 72 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet at the Feeders Before the Freeze | 73 | |
| Pantoum Beginning and Ending with an International Luggage Carousel | 74 | |
| III | Dwelling Music | |
| Chain Migration III: Coin-Op Laundromat, Friday Evening | 79 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet in the Morning | 81 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet with the Prairie Humming through the Seams of a Car Door | 82 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Imagining My Family's Departure | 83 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet as a Ferry and All That It Carries | 84 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet with Grandmother's Nettle Tea, U.S. Citizenship Petitions, and Nothing Else | 85 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet as a One-Hour Dry Cleaner and a Forgotten Claim Ticket | 86 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet as the Last Portions and Nothing Else | 87 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Imagining My Father on the Interstate with Dividing Lines Blurring Beneath | 88 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Driving through the Cascade Mountains with Apparitions | 89 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Surfing for News on the Web and Nothing Else | 90 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Persistent with Ghosts while Hunting Pheasant in Alfalfa Fields | 91 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet as My Father Thinking Aloud About the Wastefulness of Rice Tossed at a Wedding | 92 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet with Our Expectations, Deceptions, and Nothing Else | 93 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Imagining My Father at Camp Crame Again, in a Line Stretched for a Mile | 94 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Posing as Blossoms in Lola's Garden | 95 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet in October, as the Migrations Begin Again | 96 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet with Hungry Gulls at Lunch Hour, Dockside | 97 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Imagining My Father Putting Away His Suits Because There's No Place to Go | 98 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet with Grandmother, Her Insomnia, and Nothing Else | 99 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet in Autumn, Driving West with No Place to Be | 100 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet with Creosote, Postage, and Nothing Else | 101 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Heading to the Horizon's Edge Along 1-84 | 102 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Unwinding into the Horizon | 103 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Speeding Along a Runway, Pitching and Rolling into Something New | 104 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Imagining My Father in His Forties, Whistling Aloud with Nothing to Do | 105 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet as a Photo of My Father, Posing Near the Columbia River Gorge | 106 | |
| Diaspora Sonnet Housed in the Crook of a Tree | 107 | |
| Pantoum Beginning and Ending with a Big Sky | 108 | |
| Acknowledgments | 111 |
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