{"product_id":"party-line-poems-9781644453988","title":"Party Line: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eA debut collection that examines US-Cuba tensions, transnational Black identity, and revolutionary gatherings \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKyle Carrero Lopez's electrifying debut collection centers three interconnected forces: social life, US-Cuba relations, and the lives of Black people in the United States and Cuba. Through familial, satirical, and geopolitical lenses, \u003ci\u003eParty Line\u003c\/i\u003e considers how countries--and people--wield power over those they have othered. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe collection features a series meditating on tensions embedded in party spaces. Carrero Lopez challenges assumptions that these spaces are apolitical or purely escapist, revealing unexpected connections between individuals' actions and those of the state. His work expands bridges between US and Cuban art by developing an urgent poetics around the material conditions of the US embargo and challenging whitewashed images of Cuban Americans in the US imagination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlternating between humor and lyric severity, playfulness and political critique, these poems negotiate contradiction with linguistic dexterity and critical consciousness, proving that political poetry can be both serious and joyously alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644453988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00h x 1.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Kyle Carrero Lopez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52507637743797,"sku":"9781644453988","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_13cdb7ab-ed35-4471-8e23-79d022e97e67.jpg?v=1778566290","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/party-line-poems-9781644453988","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}