Description
Borrowing the poetic language found in boxing lore and in the Rocky films, Shadowboxing pieces together a poetic portrait of Josefo, a Chicano adolescent working and becoming a poet in the farm territories of Central California. Rios confounds the relationship between author, speaker, and subject within various forms and, at times, across genre. He challenges the usefulness of poetry and stands upon oral histories to demystify California's overlooked labor class. Rios invites the reader to enter Josefo's world of memory, experience, and talk, of packinghouse mentors, storytelling grandmothers, parable-sharing plumbers, smooth talking truck drivers, and infinitely patient literature professors.
Author: Joseph Rios
Publisher: Omnidawn
Published: 10/03/2017
Pages: 88
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781632430434
ISBN10: 1632430436
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | Hispanic & Latino
Author: Joseph Rios
Publisher: Omnidawn
Published: 10/03/2017
Pages: 88
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781632430434
ISBN10: 1632430436
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | Hispanic & Latino
About the Author
JOSEPH RIOS was born in Clovis, California. He is a VONA alumnus, a Macondo fellow, and a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in Los Angeles.