Tropicalia

Emma Trelles

Description

Tropicalia is a collection of poems by Emma Trelles, winner of the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize. The book is a melodic union between the green insistence of the subtropics and the city ensconced within. Trelles's language is detailed and startling, her poems infused with color and light, and the secret beauty of back alleys and parking lots is seamed to sorrow, hope, and land. Rock bands play among odes to Lorca and Chagall, and the hard news of protest and war lives among the simple pleasures of words and sky.

"Tropicalia borrows its title from the Brazilian art movement of the same name, a vibrant blend of genres and styles that colored the international arts scene in the late 1960s and 1970s. Edgier and more savvy than the flower-power hippie culture of its neighbors to the north, its vast creative energy drew from many different sources to shape a new hybrid most strongly felt in music, but also visual and performance art, poetry, film, and fashion. As mirror, Tropicalia the book brings a similar energy into the mix. Trelles imbues her odd brew of poetic styles and voices with a strong visual sense. The result is a narrative infused with a powerful physicality of place." —from the introduction by Silvia Curbelo, 2010 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize judge

Sujets

• América
• Literature
• Hispanic and Latino Americans
• Lorca
• General officer
• Region
• Poetry
• Regional
• General
• Latina
• Brazil
• American
• Lorca (homonymie)
• Marc Chagall

Informations

• Publié par: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date de parution: 31 mai 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780268093747
• Langue: English

Extrait

T RO P I C A LI A

T H E A N D R É S M O N T O YA P O E T RY P R I Z E

2004,Pity the Drowned Horses, Sheryl Luna Final Judge: Robert Vasquez

2006,The Outer Bands, Gabriel Gomez Final Judge: Valerie Martínez

2008,My Kill Adore Him, Paul Martínez Pompa Final Judge: Martín Espada

2010,Tropicalia, Emma Trelles Final Judge: Silvia Curbelo

The Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize, named after the la te California nativeandauthoroftheaward-winningbook,The Iceworker Sings, supports the publication of a first book by a Latino or Latina poet. Awarded every other year, the prize is administered by Letras Latinas— the literary program of the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

University of Notre Dame Press

Notre Dame, Indiana

Copyright © 2011 Emma Trelles Published by the University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 www.undpress.nd.edu All rights Reserved

Manufactured in the United States of America

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Trelles, Emma. Tropicalia / Emma Trelles. p. cm. — (The Andr?s Montoya Poetry Prize ; 2010) ISBN-13: 978-0-268-04236-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-268-04236-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) I. Title. PS3620.R4449T76 2011 811'.6—dc22 2010049635

∞The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.

For Emma Quintanilla and Juan Garcia

madre y tio

teachers and twins