{"product_id":"i-ask-about-what-falls-away-9781885030894","title":"I Ask about What Falls Away","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA new book-length elegy from San Diego's 2023-24 Poet Laureate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJason Magabo Perez's third collection of poetry, \u003ci\u003eI ask about what falls away\u003c\/i\u003e, is a book-length elegy set in the streets of San Diego during the current Covid global health crisis. Called \"a love letter in a time of divine sorrow\" by Muriel Leung (\u003ci\u003eImagine Us, the Swarm\u003c\/i\u003e) and a collection that \"complicates notions of solidarity, community and justice\" by Rachelle Cruz (\u003ci\u003eGod's Will for Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e), this book serves as an intimate grief manifesto against the violence of racism and capitalism. Perez utilizes a critical and playful assemblage of lyric and litany, narrative and distillation, fragment and refrain in order to map his conception of city, identity and history. At once lighthearted and tenacious, his writing centers working-class peoples with an anti-colonial wisdom reminiscent of writers such as Neferti X.M. Tadiar and Claudia Rankine. As Hari Alluri (\u003ci\u003eThe Flayed City\u003c\/i\u003e) summarizes, \"if this was an album, I'd have it on repeat.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJason Magabo Perez\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1981) received an MFA in writing and consciousness from the New College of California, and a dual PhD in ethnic studies and communication from the University of California, San Diego. He was appointed San Diego's Poet Laureate for the 2023-24 cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kaya Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781885030894\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124","brand":"Jason Magabo Perez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43568801743029,"sku":"9781885030894","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1a458e4e-9930-4a71-a976-63fafe7a9866.jpg?v=1706631143","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/i-ask-about-what-falls-away-9781885030894","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}