{"product_id":"lima","title":"Lima","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuzzFeed's Books Coming in 2019 That You'll Want To Keep On Your Radar\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNPR's 2019 Poetry Preview\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNBC's 8 Excellent Latino Poetry Books for National Poetry Month\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rumpus's Books To Read in 2019\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRemezcla's 8 Books to Read this Year\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBustle's Most Anticipated Books of 2019\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly's\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Poetry Books To Read For Spring 2019\u003c\/p\u003e \"Through a range of forms--tercets, prose hybrids, lyric strophes, and more--the poems in Scenters-Zapico's second collection . . . incisively interrogate the aesthetics of cultural difference.\" ―\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review In her striking second collection, Natalie Scenters-Zapico sets her unflinching gaze once again on the borders of things. Lima:: Limón illuminates both the sweet and the sour of the immigrant experience, of life as a woman in the U.S. and Mexico, and of the politics of the present day. Drawing inspiration from the music of her childhood, her lyrical poems focus on the often-tested resilience of women. Scenters-Zapico writes heartbreakingly about domestic violence and its toxic duality of macho versus hembra, of masculinity versus femininity, and throws into harsh relief the all-too-normalized pain that women endure. Her sharp verse and intense anecdotes brand her poems into the reader; images like the Virgin Mary crying glass tears and a border fence that leaves never-healing scars intertwine as she stares down femicide and gang violence alike. Unflinching, Scenters-Zapico highlights the hardships and stigma immigrants face on both sides of the border, her desire to create change shining through in every line. Lima:: Limón is grounding and urgent, a collection that speaks out against violence and works toward healing.","brand":"Natalie Scenters-Zapico","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44816591487018,"sku":"9781556595318","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/lima-2332052.jpg?v=1789040346","url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/products\/lima","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}