{"product_id":"en-el-norte-soy-del-sur-by-jose-felipe-alvergue","title":"en el norte \/ soy del sur by José Felipe Alvergue","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"doPublisherSearch\" href=\"https:\/\/ipage.ingramcontent.com\/ipage\/productdetail?queryString=H4sIAAAAAAAA_x3KsQrCQBCE4VdZpg6Igs2WEqsQqxSBEES4FSRHNtzeEaL47lntvn-YDyyAn49oUsFUwTkV55LBuKhOcNsbfDo7oo_Xvqvx-7rr9vb3Ah6GYwV3I9uqKdy7V47iLTNJpFlTFjqQ6UbB20rCOH53CYyCGX4AAAA\u0026amp;R=88564423#\"\u003eOmnidawn\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoetry that considers migration and identity through formal experimentation with sonnets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJosé Felipe Alvergue's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003een el norte\/soy del sur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which translates to \"in the north I am of the south,\" is an exploration into the limits of the American sonnet, one that seeks to establish a stable sense of place, while opening vistas at each turn. Stitching together multiple sonnets into what he calls \"sonnet essays,\" Alvergue rides their turns-or \"voltas\"-that are guided by memories and photographs of his family's migratory history between El Salvador and the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe resulting text is a story of human geography that considers the coordinates of a long, continuous thought about what it means to be \"of a place\" as a defining characteristic of identity, when one is also \"in a place\" that sets strict limits on the political and historical potential of im\/migrants. A deeply human documentary work that delves into one family's migration across the hemisphere, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003een el norte\/soy del sur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e hopes to give shape to the collective and often amorphous history of migration in the face of narratives that peddle spectacularized distillation and essentialism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52514246590757,"sku":"9781632432124","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9781632432124.gif?v=1780608627","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/en-el-norte-soy-del-sur-by-jose-felipe-alvergue","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}