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Odalisque in Pieces
by
Carmen Gimenez Smith (Goodreads Author)
In her debut poetry collection, Carmen Giménez Smith illuminates Latina identity in the prismatic light of postcolonial history, feminism, myth, and the fragmentation of modernity. From these disparate elements she fashions a female persona—“clairvoyant with great shoes”—who is both bracingly modern and movingly vulnerable. Through her poems we traverse the landscape of a...more
Paperback, 80 pages
Published
September 15th 2009
by University of Arizona Press
(first published June 1st 2009)
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Carmen Giménez Smith is a poet new to this reader ...until now...until ODALISQUE IN PIECES leaped off the pages and burrowed into the psyche, unveiling with even the 8th veil the woman who has become all women. She seems to cherish playing with words, words that at times seems disparate and even haphazard until you realize she is playing with your mind, painting surreal images that poppingly become real. In this first major collection she takes us through the...more
Carmen Giménez Smith is a poet new to this reader ...until now...until ODALISQUE IN PIECES leaped off the pages and burrowed into the psyche, unveiling with even the 8th veil the woman who has become all women. She seems to cherish playing with words, words that at times seems disparate and even haphazard until you realize she is playing with your mind, painting surreal images that poppingly become real. In this first major collection she takes us through the...more
I enjoyed reading this collection of poetry. My personal favorites were "Pillow Talk" and "The Drive Home". Will definitely be reading future collections.
One of those first books that took time and care in the making and it shows. Worth the wait, winnowed, honed and close to perfection.
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Formerly a Teaching-Writing Fellow at the University of Iowa, Carmen Gimenez Smith is now an assistant professor of creative writing at New Mexico State University, the publisher of Noemi Press, and the editor-in-chief of PUERTO DEL SOL. Her work has most recently appeared in MANDORLA, COLORADO REVIEW and PLOUGHSHARES and is forthcoming in jubilat and DENVER QUARTERLY. She is the author of ODALISQ...more
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