{"product_id":"slow-lightning-106-9780300178937","title":"Slow Lightning, 106","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Corral] packs many, many lines with sharp, sensual, specific imagery--this is Technicolor poetry.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Corral is a writer that cares both for the poetic line, but also for the bodies that he writes about, for family, legacy, culture, and what it means to be American. I go to this book again and again, and to me, it's a masterpiece.\"--Ocean Vuong, NPR \u003ci\u003eMorning Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eduardo C. Corral is the 2011 recipient of the Yale Series of Younger Poets award, joining such distinguished previous winners as Adrienne Rich, W. S. Merwin, and John Ashbery. The first Latino poet to win the competition, Corral is also winner of the 2011 Whiting Writers Award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Seamlessly braiding English and Spanish, Corral's poems hurtle across literary and linguistic borders toward a lyricism that slows down experience. He employs a range of forms and phrasing, bringing the vivid particulars of his experiences as a Chicano and gay man to the page. Although Corral's topics are decidedly sobering, contest judge Carl Phillips observes, \"one of the more surprising possibilities offered in these poems is joy.\"\u003cp\u003eFrom \"Self-Portrait with Tumbling and Lasso\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm a cowboy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e riding bareback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy soul is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e whirling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eabove my head like a lasso.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e My right hand\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea pistol. My left\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e automatic. I'm knocking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon every door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e I'm coming on strong . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6187481\"\u003eEduardo C. Corral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300178937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 030017893X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEduardo C. Corral\u003c\/b\u003e's poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBeloit Poetry Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew England Review, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePloughshares, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePoetry, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as other journals and anthologies. He received a Discovery\/\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e award and was selected for residencies at the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. He lives in southern Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarl Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of eleven books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eSpeak Low, \u003c\/i\u003e which was a National Book Award finalist. He teaches at Washington University in St. Louis. This is his first year as judge of the Yale Series of Younger P\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699214881005,"sku":"9780300178937","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_8efac084-42da-4e1b-a2fc-7b98d046d4da.jpg?v=1649913676","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/slow-lightning-106-9780300178937","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}