{"product_id":"milk-filth-9780816521166","title":"Milk \u0026 Filth","description":"\u003cb\u003eNational Book Critics Circle Award Finalist \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Adding to the Latina tradition, Carmen Gim nez Smith, politically aware and feminist-oriented, focuses on general cultural references rather than a sentimental personal narrative. She speaks of sexual politics and family in a fierce, determined tone voracious in its opinions about freedom and responsibility. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The author engages in mythology and art history, musically wooing the reader with texture and voice. As she references such disparate cultural figures as filmmaker Lars Von Trier, Annie from the film \u003ci\u003eAnnie Get Your Gun\u003c\/i\u003e, Nabokov's Lolita, Facebook entries and Greek gods, they appear as part of the poet's cultural critique. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Phrases such as \"the caustic domain of urchins\" and \"the gelatin shiver of tea's surface\" take the poems from lyrical images to comic humor to angry, intense commentary. On writing about \"downgrading into human,\" she says, \"Then what? Amorality, osteoporosis and not even a marble estuary for the ages.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gim nez Smith's poetic arsenal includes rapier-sharp wordplay mixed with humor, at times self-deprecating, at others an ironic comment on the postmodern world, all interwoven with imaginative language of unexpected force and surreal beauty. Revealing a long view of gender issues and civil rights, the author presents a clever, comic perspective. Her poems take the reader to unusual places as she uses rhythm, images, and emotion to reveal the narrator's personality. Deftly blending a variety of tones and styles, Gim nez Smith's poems offer a daring and evocative look at deep cultural issues.\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 10\/10\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816521166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Carmen Gim\u0026#233;nez Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644691607708,"sku":"9780816521166","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d3fcf23b-c593-4056-96f5-420c769e5d93.jpg?v=1603859231","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/milk-filth-9780816521166","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}