{"product_id":"buzzing-hemisphere-rumor-hemisfzsrico-9780816531684","title":"Buzzing Hemisphere \/ Rumor Hemisférico","description":"Is poetry an alternative to or an extension of a globalized language? In \u003ci\u003eBuzzing Hemisphere \/ Rumor Hemisférico, \u003c\/i\u003e poet Urayoán Noel maps the spaces between and across languages, cities, and bodies, creating a hemispheric poetics that is both broadly geopolitical and intimately neurological. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this expansive collection, we hear the noise of cities such as New York, San Juan, and São Paulo abuzz with flickering bodies and the rush of vernaculars as untranslatable as the murmur in the Spanish \u003ci\u003erumor\u003c\/i\u003e. Oscillating between baroque textuality and vernacular performance, Noel's bilingual poems experiment with eccentric self-translation, often blurring the line between original and translation as a way to question language hierarchies and allow for translingual experiences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A number of the poems and self-translations here were composed on a smartphone, or else de- and re-composed with a variety of smartphone apps and tools, in an effort to investigate the promise and pitfalls of digital vernaculars. Noel's poetics of performative self-translation operates not only across languages and cultures but also across forms: from the décima and the \"staircase sonnet\" to the collage, the abecedarian poem, and the performance poem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In its playful and irreverent mash-up of voices and poetic traditions from across the Americas, \u003ci\u003eBuzzing Hemisphere \/ Rumor Hemisférico\u003c\/i\u003e imagines an alternative to the monolingualism of the U.S. literary and political landscape, and proposes a geo-neuro-political performance attuned to damaged or marginalized forms of knowledge, perception, and identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816531684\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2015 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2015 pg. 90\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Urayo\u0026#195;\u0026#161;n Noel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52418725839029,"sku":"9780816531684","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0b21b36c-9fb9-48bf-b6bb-3a0603db8f52.jpg?v=1775570312","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/buzzing-hemisphere-rumor-hemisfzsrico-9780816531684","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}