{"product_id":"s-is-for-paperback","title":"S Is for - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Archila\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eS is For\u003c\/i\u003e is an investigation by poet William Archila of the Central American migrant crisis haunted by the past of the civil war in El Salvador, the meanings of family spirits, and trees disappearing to urban sprawl-- always wielding the voice of the immigrant, the refugee, and the ever-present exile as a weapon against invisibility and displacement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Inventive and compassionate, Archila's poems navigate the meanings of family spirits, weeds and wildflowers, and the irreverence to lay down roots with our dead. The collection expresses the importance of an inner voice from the perspective of exile-- people with no country, no language, ghosts split between present and past, between home and foreign. In a variety of forms-- quasi-sonnet, sestina, ekphrastic, syllabic, lyric, memorial-- the poems create a bridge between flaws and fractures, between the northern region of Central America and the beloved north which is the US. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e S is for: every letter never uttered, but evoked.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Archila is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Exile\u003c\/i\u003e which was awarded the International Latino Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe Gravedigger's Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e which received the Letras Latinas\/Red Hen Poetry Prize. He was also awarded the 2023 Jack Hazard fellowship. He has been published in \u003ci\u003ePoetry Magazine, The American Poetry Review, AGNl, Copper Nickle, Kenyon Review, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Missouri Review, Pleiades, Prairie Schooner, Poetry Northwest, TriQuarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIndiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 110\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50336934396141,"sku":"9781625571748","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/GSxSQRsYuR9781625571748.webp?v=1785059287","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/s-is-for-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}