Variations in Blue: Poems

By Adela Najarro

Book Overview

AUTHOR OF 2024 INT'L LATINO BOOK AWARD HONORABLE MENTION, VOLCANIC INTERRUPTIONS - CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL RECOGNIZED ESTABLISHED ARTIST FOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA REGION

"This poetry collection is heart-led, a feast for the eyes, ears, and soul."--Odilia Galv n Rodr guez - "Myths and loss, yearnings and magic"--Cristina Garc a

The poems in Variations in Blue address the aftermath of domestic violence through the transformative power of language, leading to healing and empowerment via the author's journey into her Latine/x culture.

The poems in Variations in Blue cycle through the traumatic residue of dysfunctional relationships, the complexities of Latinx representation through a series of ekphrastic poems, and reimagine Nicaragua as a homeland set in a volcanic landscape. Each section contains a series of poetic variations on a theme, and the poems reverberate and rotate through the indeterminacy of language. Najarro's Variations in Blue insists that the complexities of experience must be understood one version at a time, each distinctly unfolding its unique design.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1636282741
• ISBN13: 9781636282749
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Red Hen Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"