{"product_id":"cowboy-park-paperback-softback-9780299350840","title":"Cowboy Park (Paperback \/ softback) 9780299350840","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCowboy Park\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEduardo Martínez-Leyva (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299350840\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 November 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e104 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“There are fevers you still wish to forget,” writes Eduardo MartÍnez-Leyva, but how fortunate for the rest of us that he remembers. These tenderly crafted autobiographical poems pierce through to the heart of pain, love, loss, and the ongoing search for salvation—or at least a salve. Housed in the lived experiences of a queer Latinx person born and raised in the border town of El Paso, \u003ci\u003eCowboy Park\u003c\/i\u003e seamlessly blends themes of masculinity, identity, and the immigrant experience, offering a new perspective on the iconic image of the cowboy and a deeper understanding of the complexities of human experience. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The detainment and deportation of MartÍnez-Leyva’s brother grounds this exquisite collection in the all-too-common familial tragedy of political violence and discrimination. MartÍnez-Leyva honors the people, language, culture, and traditions that shaped him, revealing the indignations, large and small, experienced by a community that is too often misrepresented and maligned. “My voice was the only thing keeping us warm,” he writes, and the warmth from this striking debut collection is beautiful to behold.\u003cbr\u003e “In Spanish, the act of coring an apple\u003cbr\u003e is called ‘descorazonar,’ to dishearten.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e All these years, I've kept my hands away\u003cbr\u003e from everyone’s heart, including my own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I’d always love the things that bruised so easily.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —Excerpt from “Scenes from the Bone Orchard”\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eI.\u003cbr\u003e Learning the Language\u003cbr\u003e Colorete\u003cbr\u003e ESL Lesson\u003cbr\u003e The Boy inside the Gun\u003cbr\u003e I Never Wanted to Speak\u003cbr\u003e Grief Workshop\u003cbr\u003e Lone Star\u003cbr\u003e Portrait of My Mother in Her Youth\u003cbr\u003e Son of a Gun\u003cbr\u003e Tormenta\u003cbr\u003e Composite Sketch\u003cbr\u003e I Was Only a Boy\u003cbr\u003e Portrait of Aging Father\u003cbr\u003e With Jesus in Our Mouths\u003cbr\u003e Portrait of My Mother Studying for Her Citizenship Exam\u003cbr\u003e Angelo\u003cbr\u003e Sin Documentos\u003cbr\u003e Don’\u003cbr\u003et Look Back, Little Halo\u003cbr\u003e Still Life with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder\u003cbr\u003e Portrait of Angelo with his Possessions\u003cbr\u003e Confirmation\u003cbr\u003e Almost-Grief\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e II.\u003cbr\u003e Scenes from the Bone Orchard\u003cbr\u003e Portrait of a Boy on the Other Side of a Glory Hole\u003cbr\u003e Small Vices\u003cbr\u003e Cowboy Park\u003cbr\u003e Vaquero\u003cbr\u003e Show Pony\u003cbr\u003e And God Punished Him for Being Disobedient\u003cbr\u003e God May Squeeze but Won’\u003cbr\u003et Strangle You\u003cbr\u003e Torero\u003cbr\u003e Mud Song\u003cbr\u003e Estrellita\u003cbr\u003e God Made Dirt, and Dirt Don’\u003cbr\u003et Hurt\u003cbr\u003e Tease\u003cbr\u003e Adultery\u003cbr\u003e God Gave You Hands, So Use Them\u003cbr\u003e Horseshoe\u003cbr\u003e Now You’\u003cbr\u003ere Talking\u003cbr\u003e Ode to a Leather Harness\u003cbr\u003e Bracero with a Tattoo of the Virgin Mother\u003cbr\u003e Negation Litany for a Fallen God\u003cbr\u003e There is Little Left to Say About Harm\u003cbr\u003e Nostalgia Cruising\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e III.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When I Spoke the Language of Donkeys\u003cbr\u003e After the Shooting, You Have a Panic Attack In the Supermarket\u003cbr\u003e Portrait of an Absent Brother\u003cbr\u003e Mordida\u003cbr\u003e What’\u003cbr\u003es Above Us Is Either Dead or Still Dying\u003cbr\u003e Angelo Is Probably Dead\u003cbr\u003e A Protagonist Once Said\u003cbr\u003e Letters from a Younger Brother, Mourning\u003cbr\u003e Recuperado\u003cbr\u003e Portrait of Speaker inside a Burning House\u003cbr\u003e Broomtail Ballad\u003cbr\u003e The Simple Hour\u003cbr\u003e Cowboy Park\u003cbr\u003e Mustang\u003cbr\u003e Purgatory\u003cbr\u003e Portrait of the Speaker Riding a Greyhound Bus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676670390552,"sku":"9780299350840","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cowboy-park-paperback-softback-9780299350840","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}