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001			ocn957021738
003			OCoLC
005			20190610001929.0
008			160826t20172017mnu 000 p eng c
010			_a 2016951419
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020			_a9781555977788 _q(paperback)
020			_a1555977782 _q(paperback)
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035			_a(OCoLC)957021738
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092			_a811.6 _bS211
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aSánchez, Erika L., _eauthor. _9343453
240	1	0	_aPoems. _kSelections
245	1	0	_aLessons on expulsion : _bpoems / _cErika L. Sánchez.
264		1	_aMinneapolis, Minnesota : _bGraywolf Press, _c[2017]
264		4	_c©2017
300			_a73 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"What is life but a cross / over rotten water?" Poet, novelist, and essayist Erika L. Sánchez powerful debut poetry collection explores what it means to live on both sides of the border -- the border between countries, languages, despair and possibility, and the living and the dead. Sánchez tells her own story as the daughter of undocumented Mexican immigrants and as part of a family steeped in faith, work, grief, and expectations. The poems confront sex, shame, race, and an America roiling with xenophobia, violence, and laws of suspicion and suppression. With candor and urgency, and with the unblinking eyes of a journalist, Sánchez roves from the individual life into the lives of sex workers, narco-traffickers, factory laborers, artists, and lovers. What emerges is a powerful, multifaceted portrait of survival. Lessons on Expulsion is the first book by a vibrant, essential new writer now breaking into the national literary landscape.
650		0	_aWomen _vPoetry. _9136659
650		0	_aImmigrants _vPoetry. _9100589
655		7	_aPoetry. _2lcgft _96749
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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