false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1221849773m/4623079.jpg 4623079 1 In the preface to his first book, a lyrical epic on the violent convergences of colonialisms on Guam (Japanese and American), history, family, and language (Chamorro and English), Perez writes: “On some maps, Guam doesn't exist; I point to an empty space in the Pacific and say, 'I'm from here.' On some maps, Guam is a small, unnamed island; I say, 'I'm from this unnamed place.' On some maps, Guam is named 'Guam, U.S.A.' I say, 'I'm from a territory of the United States.” On some maps, Guam is named, simply, 'Guam'; I say, 'I am from Guam.'” Written in the spirit of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictée and Barbara Jane Reyes's Poeta en San Francisco, Perez's book promises to add significantly to a growing canon of Pacific poetries. 4673075 9 2008 from Unincorporated Territory total:14|5:13|4:1|3:0|2:0|1:0| 14 69 34 4 0 0 false false Fri Dec 19 10:25:14 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 10:29:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 20:53:17 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 23:19:52 -0800 2008 Unincorporated Territory, C.S. Perez works to repair the fallen bridges between poetry and collective memory. Part history primer, part Olsonesque exploration of place, part sermon on the U.S. denial of its own imperial involvements, this first of twelve installments worries the gap between ora...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 27 19:10:44 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 10 16:13:02 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Nov 13 06:32:43 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 06:33:29 -0800 2008 2 5 0 false false Sun Nov 15 01:17:15 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 01:17:15 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Oct 21 16:32:44 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 16:33:07 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Oct 15 13:49:37 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 13:49:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 22 00:11:33 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 00:32:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 20 15:34:37 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 15:34:37 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Aug 25 17:24:26 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 00:42:52 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 17:24:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 19 18:44:35 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 18:44:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 14 20:43:33 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 20:43:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 21 22:30:33 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 22:30:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 30 18:52:54 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 18:52:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 12 18:12:43 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 18:12:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 09 11:01:23 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 11:01:23 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Mar 22 09:39:28 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 09:39:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 20 05:44:16 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 05:44:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Mar 19 12:58:52 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 12:58:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Mar 19 12:35:45 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 12:35:45 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4623079