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Indlæser... peluda (Button Poetry) (udgave 2017)af Melissa Lozada-Oliva (Forfatter)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. I saw a spoken word video of one of her poems and it was so powerful (5/5 Stars for that one). Definitely getting this book soon so I can read the rest 💗 This book caught my eye at the library when I was collecting books for my readathon TBR stack, but as it happened I read the entire book that same day instead. I was charmed from the very beginning -- from the graphic cover to the quotes selected for the epigraph to each and every poem contained within -- poems dealing with class, race, immigration, identity, beauty ideals, and (most importantly) hair. As someone who has always been defined by my curly hair, and as someone who has refused to shave my body hair for most of my life -- I sometimes identified, was sometimes fascinated, and sometimes woke to new aspects of my white-girl privilege that I'd never considered before. I laughed, I learned, I cried. I recommend this highly. poems that bristle and bite (Full disclosure: I received a free electronic ARC for review through NetGalley.) mami does not understand why you like holes in your shoes, in your tights, in your gloves. what did you want to seep through, brown girl with bangs? a song not written about you? really, you were being a seamstress just like your abuela in the living room making skirts out of curtains, just making adjustments, just making holes in places your new skin was supposed to be. ("Ode to Brown Girls With Bangs") i don't know if i feel in love feel beautiful or just feel maybe we all need some rest ("Self-Portrait With Historical Moments") I was so excited about this book that I did something I rarely do - namely, brave Adobe Digital Editions to read an ARC. (It is forever crashing my machine, okay.) Lately I've been digging poetry more and more and, between the book's stunning cover and the rave early reviews, I just knew I'd love peluda. And I did! I mean, I do! Growing up, I always felt weird and awkward and hairy - hairier than most of the other girls around me, anyway, the popular ones in particular. Okay, so maybe I'm one of the white girls Lozada-Oliva writes about in "Yosra Strings Off My Mustache Two Days After the Election in a Harvard Square Bathroom" - the ones who don't shave for political reasons, the ones who took an entire election cycle to grow out a tuft of armpit hair - which is to say my Italian-German self is only "hairy" when held up to modern beauty standards, e.g., not terribly hairy at all. Maybe I can't really relate. Even so. I adored all of the twenty-one poems that make up peluda just the same. Over on her Facebook page, Lozada-Oliva describes peluda as "my yellow chapbook about my hairy latina feels," which seems as apt a description as any. Lozada-Oliva tackles such weighty topics as beauty, assimilation, racist microaggressions, sex, shame, depression/metal health stigma, alienation, George Zimmerman, and, yes, body hair: clumps and heads and volumes and rivers of hair. Melissa's Guatemalan immigrant mother Josefina was/is a beautician, so her schooling started early. Her words radiate with ferocity and hunger and wit that doesn't cut so much as claw and devour. There's so much to love here, but one piece really stands out: "Wolf Girl Suite," which is really a story told in five acts. With all the elements of a feminist horror flick, I am aching to see this one adapted for the screen. Coming to a theater near you, Halloween 2021? "Ode to Brown Girls With Bangs," "You Use Your Hands So Much When You Talk," "You Know How to Say Arroz con Polla but Not What You Are," "What If My Last Name Got a Bikini Wax, Too," and "We Play Would You Rather at the Galentine's Day Party" are other favorites too. But they're all pretty great. fyi, there are a number of videos of Melissa Lozada-Oliva's spoken word poetry up on YouTube, and it's even more powerful in person. Lozada-Oliva's delivery is sometimes surprisingly funny, with a dark sense of humor that isn't always - plainly? - evident in written form (at least not to me, anyhow). Here are just two that grabbed me by the amygdala and refuse to let go. https://youtu.be/me4_QwmaNoQ https://youtu.be/x-Y9zgOSUnk Table of Contents Origin Regimen Maybe She's Born With It, Maybe She Got Up Early Ode to Brown Girls With Bangs Lip / Stain / Must / Ache I'm Sorry, I Thought You Were Your Mother You Use Your Hands So Much When You Talk AKA What Would Jessica Jones Do? You Know How to Say Arroz con Polla but Not What You Are My Hair Stays on Your Pillow Like a Question Mark What If My Last Name Got a Bikini Wax, Too The Women in My Family Are Bitches I Shave My Sister's Back Before Prom We Play Would You Rather at the Galentine's Day Party Wolf Girl Suite It's Funny the Things That Stick With You Mami Says Have You Been Crying Self-Portrait With Historical Moments Light Brown Noise I'm So Ready House Call Yosra Strings Off My Mustache Two Days After the Election in a Harvard Square Bathroom http://www.easyvegan.info/2017/11/03/peluda-by-melissa-lozada-oliva/ ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
One of the most original performance poets of her generation, Melissa Lozada-Oliva has captivated crowds across the country and online with her vivid narratives. Humorous and biting, personal and communal, self-deprecating and unapologetically self-loving, peluda (meaning hairy or hairy beast) is the poet at her best. The book explores the relationship between femininity and body hair as well as the intersections of family, class, the immigrant experience, Latina identity, and much more, all through Lozada-Olivas unique lens and striking voice. Peluda is a powerful testimony on body image and the triumph over taboo. Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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