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My American Kundiman
From one of our most charismatic poets, a personal song to America.
This pulsating collection picks up the beat and imagery of Patrick Rosal's thrilling debut, "Uprock Headspin Scramble and Dive," Here, though, the poet's electric narratives and portraits extend beyond the working class streets of urban New Jersey. Modeling poems on the kundiman, a song of unrequ...more
This pulsating collection picks up the beat and imagery of Patrick Rosal's thrilling debut, "Uprock Headspin Scramble and Dive," Here, though, the poet's electric narratives and portraits extend beyond the working class streets of urban New Jersey. Modeling poems on the kundiman, a song of unrequ...more
Paperback, 65 pages
Published
November 30th 2006
by Persea Books
(first published 2006)
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I loved this so very much. There are few books of poetry I feel overcome with the desire to sit and read front to back with no other books vying for my attention, and this was one of them. Rosal's poems have everything I love most about the genre -- a strong rhythm and voice, amazing language and imagery, inherent momentum even on page, and best of all, a kind of honest heart that is all at once raw and beautiful and takes your breath away. Definitely a book that I look forward to rereading a...more
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