one-bedroom solo

By Sheila Maldonado

Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. "In Sheila Maldonado's work, it's as if the great voices of Latin American poetry are speaking through a contemporary American woman and remixed to the beat of her own particular urban swagger and wit. It's a song that can contain pop culture, social satire, linguistic hi-jinx, and a funky sense of form. Read this powerful and often hilarious book as a source of self-help to get you through the city's frustrations. It will leave you refreshed, restored, and ready to 'tear out a heart / if you have to.'"Elaine Equi "If you're ever lost in the beguiling and fractured translation of being Latin@ in America, Sheila Maldonado's ONE-BEDROOM SOLO is just the book you need. These poems bring you into a conversation that is drop-dead funny and cunningly tragic. Maldonado draws a self-portrait in an active mirr? an x-ray of love, despair, homeland, and good ole' signifyin'. ONE-BEDROOM SOLO is a memorable first collection."Willie Perdomo

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930083238
• ISBN13: 9781930083233
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Fly By Night Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.3" x 5.3"