{"product_id":"fungus-skull-eye-wing-selected-poems-of-alfonso-daquino-9781556594472","title":"Fungus Skull Eye Wing: Selected Poems of Alfonso D?aquino","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This is the first bilingual collection by the Mexican master of nature poems, D'Aquino...A necessary read for fans of Hart Crane, Jack Spicer, and Latin American poetry in translation.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlfonso D'Aquino was raised by his grandmother in an old house attached to a colonial convent in Coyoac n, Mexico. Books were his best friends from an early age. Often solitary, he spent many afternoons at a small aquarium in the nearby town of San  ngel, fascinated then as now by the non-human.--Forrest Gander, from the introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003efungus skull eye wing\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of shifting subjectivity and liquid perspective, of surrealist tradition and Butoh-like gestures. The text flirts with the margins of the rational, perception, and the subjective mind. The speaker morphs into what he observes; speech comes alive while a plant becomes speech. Impeccably translated from Spanish by award-winning poet Forrest Gander in a bilingual edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Its Verb's Forked Tongue: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts verb's forked tongueTransforms transnominatestranslucent linethe viper the verbtranslades its shadowTattoo freakfrom rows of spotsa star transudesa language of scales . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlfonso D'Aquino\u003c\/b\u003e is an editor, poetry instructor, snake handler, and author of six books. He was born in Mexico City in 1959 and currently lives in Cuernavaca, Mexico. His poetry is included in the landmark anthology \u003ci\u003eReversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForrest Gander\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, translator, and professor at Brown University. His books have been named finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556594472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2013 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2013 pg. 94\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alfonso D'Aquino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42745935397045,"sku":"9781556594472","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d5a20eb3-8fee-4380-8b84-ed711e6cf0d1.jpg?v=1676994688","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fungus-skull-eye-wing-selected-poems-of-alfonso-daquino-9781556594472","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}