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Fetish: Poems (Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry), Menes, Orlando Ricardo, V
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From sensual pleasures and perils, moments and memories of darkness and light, the poems in Orlando Ricardo Menes's new collection sew together stories of dislocation and loss, of survival and hope, of a world patched together by a family over five generations of diaspora.
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"Orlando Ricardo Menes's Fetish is a rare work of the American Creole Sublime, conjuring visions of his Cuban homeland as a sacred geography of vanquished mestizo dreams, his Florida boyhood a world of transmuting tropical wonder. At once mythic, syncretic, and autobiographical, transported on strains of epiphanic geomancy, Menes's work subtly presents a new vision of América that Martí, Stevens and Walcott would all embrace. You want to whisper in a fever, 'Adelante!'"--John Phillip Santos, University Distinguished Scholar in Mestizo Cultural Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio"It is a magic-carpet ride--because the carpet is the tapestry of the Americas and its characters of tobacconists and capitalists and miners and fathers, and the magic is the language, the 'maracas of rain,' and the 'orchids that grow in gessoed moonlight.' What a wild ride; what a wild and lovely and passionate and closely observed ride."--Beth Ann Fennelly, author of Unmentionables"Drenched with the flavor and savor of the Caribbean, Orlando Ricardo Menes's Fetish is a treat for the mouth and the ear, as well as for the mind. Striking characters abound: Zvi Mendel, 'retired tobacconist to Havana's Ashkenazim'; an unnamed female survivor of a prison called 'Den of the Lioness.' Anger at injustice often surfaces. The beauty of the region springs up everywhere. But it is sound that powers these poems, a piquant blend of English spiced with Español. . . . These delectable poems beg to be tasted. To be spoken. To be sung."--Charles Harper Webb, author of Shadow Ball"Open Orlando Ricardo Menes's exquisite poetry collection Fetish, and you'll quickly see a folk sculpture of Eleggua, though I should warn you. In the Cuban Santería religion, this deity has 101 manifestations, or roads, he may take you down. In this way, he is not unlike Menes's poems, which may lead us, in a matter of pages, from suburban Indiana to Miami to Panamá to Kichwa-speaking villages in the Andes. Although the destinies of these roads offer vastly different insights, if we survive them, there is a sensibility that unifies the whole: Menes does not easily identify with grand ideologies and personal arrogance. Rather, he keeps his eye on those who go largely unrecorded by history: a poor great-uncle alienated from his own family by politics, a daughter with severe ADHD, a papá assiduously mending used furniture, a political prisoner who survives cruelty by caring for the earth's smallest creatures--lame rat, pregnant mouse, chirping cricket."--Maurice Kilwein Guevara, author of Poema and Postmortem, "It is a magic-carpet ride-because the carpet is the tapestry of the Americas and its characters of tobacconists and capitalists and miners and fathers, and the magic is the language, the 'maracas of rain,' and the 'orchids that grow in gessoed moonlight.' What a wild ride; what a wild and lovely and passionate and closely observed ride."-Beth Ann Fennelly, author of Unmentionables, "With flowing language, vivid imagery, and brilliant word choices, Menes can tell a heart-wrenching story in four stanzas."--Mary Christy, Big Muddy, "Drenched with the flavor and savor of the Caribbean, Orlando Ricardo Menes's Fetish is a treat for the mouth and the ear, as well as for the mind. Striking characters abound: Zvi Mendel, 'retired tobacconist to Havana's Ashkenazim'; an unnamed female survivor of a prison called 'Den of the Lioness.' Anger at injustice often surfaces. The beauty of the region springs up everywhere. But it is sound that powers these poems, a piquant blend of English spiced with Español. . . . These delectable poems beg to be tasted. To be spoken. To be sung."Charles Harper Webb, author of Shadow Ball, "Drenched with the flavor and savor of the Caribbean, Orlando Ricardo Menes's Fetish is a treat for the mouth and the ear, as well as for the mind. Striking characters abound: Zvi Mendel, 'retired tobacconist to Havana's Ashkenazim'; an unnamed female survivor of a prison called 'Den of the Lioness.' Anger at injustice often surfaces. The beauty of the region springs up everywhere. But it is sound that powers these poems, a piquant blend of English spiced with Español. . . . These delectable poems beg to be tasted. To be spoken. To be sung."-Charles Harper Webb, author of Shadow Ball , "Orlando Ricardo Menes's Fetish is a rare work of the American Creole Sublime, conjuring visions of his Cuban homeland as a sacred geography of vanquished mestizo dreams, his Florida boyhood a world of transmuting tropical wonder. At once mythic, syncretic, and autobiographical, transported on strains of epiphanic geomancy, Menes's work subtly presents a new vision of América that Martí, Stevens and Walcott would all embrace. You want to whisper in a fever, 'Adelante!'"John Phillip Santos, University Distinguished Scholar in Mestizo Cultural Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio, ""Well versed in the uprooted life of an immigrant, Menes's profound references not only convey local color but also bring the essence of his family history eye level with the reader in these striking verses.""-- World Literature Today "Orlando Ricardo Menes's Fetish is a rare work of the American Creole Sublime, conjuring visions of his Cuban homeland as a sacred geography of vanquished mestizo dreams, his Florida boyhood a world of transmuting tropical wonder. At once mythic, syncretic, and autobiographical, transported on strains of epiphanic geomancy, Menes's work subtly presents a new vision of Amrica that Mart, Stevens and Walcott would all embrace. You want to whisper in a fever, 'Adelante!'"--John Phillip Santos, University Distinguished Scholar in Mestizo Cultural Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio "It is a magic-carpet ride--because the carpet is the tapestry of the Americas and its characters of tobacconists and capitalists and miners and fathers, and the magic is the language, the 'maracas of rain,' and the 'orchids that grow in gessoed moonlight.' What a wild ride; what a wild and lovely and passionate and closely observed ride."--Beth Ann Fennelly, author of Unmentionables "Drenched with the flavor and savor of the Caribbean, Orlando Ricardo Menes's Fetish is a treat for the mouth and the ear, as well as for the mind. Striking characters abound: Zvi Mendel, 'retired tobacconist to Havana's Ashkenazim'; an unnamed female survivor of a prison called 'Den of the Lioness.' Anger at injustice often surfaces. The beauty of the region springs up everywhere. But it is sound that powers these poems, a piquant blend of English spiced with Espaol. . . . These delectable poems beg to be tasted. To be spoken. To be sung."--Charles Harper Webb, author of Shadow Ball "Open Orlando Ricardo Menes's exquisite poetry collection Fetish, and you'll quickly see a folk sculpture of Eleggua, though I should warn you. In the Cuban Santera religion, this deity has 101 manifestations, or roads, he may take you down. In this way, he is not unlike Menes's poems, which may lead us, in a matter of pages, from suburban Indiana to Miami to Panam to Kichwa-speaking villages in the Andes. Although the destinies of these roads offer vastly different insights, if we survive them, there is a sensibility that unifies the whole: Menes does not easily identify with grand ideologies and personal arrogance. Rather, he keeps his eye on those who go largely unrecorded by history: a poor great-uncle alienated from his own family by politics, a daughter with severe ADHD, a pap assiduously mending used furniture, a political prisoner who survives cruelty by caring for the earth's smallest creatures--lame rat, pregnant mouse, chirping cricket."--Maurice Kilwein Guevara, author of Poema and Postmortem, "Orlando Ricardo Menes's Fetish is a rare work of the American Creole Sublime, conjuring visions of his Cuban homeland as a sacred geography of vanquished mestizo dreams, his Florida boyhood a world of transmuting tropical wonder. At once mythic, syncretic, and autobiographical, transported on strains of epiphanic geomancy, Menes's work subtly presents a new vision of Amrica that Mart, Stevens and Walcott would all embrace. You want to whisper in a fever, 'Adelante!'"--John Phillip Santos, University Distinguished Scholar in Mestizo Cultural Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio "It is a magic-carpet ride--because the carpet is the tapestry of the Americas and its characters of tobacconists and capitalists and miners and fathers, and the magic is the language, the 'maracas of rain,' and the 'orchids that grow in gessoed moonlight.' What a wild ride; what a wild and lovely and passionate and closely observed ride."--Beth Ann Fennelly, author of Unmentionables "Drenched with the flavor and savor of the Caribbean, Orlando Ricardo Menes's Fetish is a treat for the mouth and the ear, as well as for the mind. Striking characters abound: Zvi Mendel, 'retired tobacconist to Havana's Ashkenazim'; an unnamed female survivor of a prison called 'Den of the Lioness.' Anger at injustice often surfaces. The beauty of the region springs up everywhere. But it is sound that powers these poems, a piquant blend of English spiced with Espaol. . . . These delectable poems beg to be tasted. To be spoken. To be sung."--Charles Harper Webb, author of Shadow Ball "Open Orlando Ricardo Menes's exquisite poetry collection Fetish, and you'll quickly see a folk sculpture of Eleggua, though I should warn you. In the Cuban Santera religion, this deity has 101 manifestations, or roads, he may take you down. In this way, he is not unlike Menes's poems, which may lead us, in a matter of pages, from suburban Indiana to Miami to Panam to Kichwa-speaking villages in the Andes. Although the destinies of these roads offer vastly different insights, if we survive them, there is a sensibility that unifies the whole: Menes does not easily identify with grand ideologies and personal arrogance. Rather, he keeps his eye on those who go largely unrecorded by history: a poor great-uncle alienated from his own family by politics, a daughter with severe ADHD, a pap assiduously mending used furniture, a political prisoner who survives cruelty by caring for the earth's smallest creatures--lame rat, pregnant mouse, chirping cricket."--Maurice Kilwein Guevara, author of Poema and Postmortem, "Drenched with the flavor and savor of the Caribbean, Orlando Ricardo Menes's Fetish is a treat for the mouth and the ear, as well as for the mind. Striking characters abound: Zvi Mendel, 'retired tobacconist to Havana's Ashkenazim'; an unnamed female survivor of a prison called 'Den of the Lioness.' Anger at injustice often surfaces. The beauty of the region springs up everywhere. But it is sound that powers these poems, a piquant blend of English spiced with Español. . . . These delectable poems beg to be tasted. To be spoken. To be sung."-Charles Harper Webb, author of Shadow Ball, "Orlando Ricardo Menes's Fetish is a rare work of the American Creole Sublime, conjuring visions of his Cuban homeland as a sacred geography of vanquished mestizo dreams, his Florida boyhood a world of transmuting tropical wonder. At once mythic, syncretic, and autobiographical, transported on strains of epiphanic geomancy, Menes's work subtly presents a new vision of América that Martí, Stevens and Walcott would all embrace. You want to whisper in a fever, 'Adelante!'"-John Phillip Santos, University Distinguished Scholar in Mestizo Cultural Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio , "Open Orlando Ricardo Menes's exquisite poetry collection Fetish, and you'll quickly see a folk sculpture of Eleggua, though I should warn you. In the Cuban Santería religion, this deity has 101 manifestations, or roads, he may take you down. In this way, he is not unlike Menes's poems, which may lead us, in a matter of pages, from suburban Indiana to Miami to Panamá to Kichwa-speaking villages in the Andes. Although the destinies of these roads offer vastly different insights, if we survive them, there is a sensibility that unifies the whole: Menes does not easily identify with grand ideologies and personal arrogance. Rather, he keeps his eye on those who go largely unrecorded by history: a poor great-uncle alienated from his own family by politics, a daughter with severe ADHD, a papá assiduously mending used furniture, a political prisoner who survives cruelty by caring for the earth's smallest creatureslame rat, pregnant mouse, chirping cricket."Maurice Kilwein Guevara, author of Poema and Postmortem, "Well versed in the uprooted life of an immigrant, Menes's profound references not only convey local color but also bring the essence of his family history eye level with the reader in these striking verses."- World Literature Today, "Orlando Ricardo Menes's Fetish is a rare work of the American Creole Sublime, conjuring visions of his Cuban homeland as a sacred geography of vanquished mestizo dreams, his Florida boyhood a world of transmuting tropical wonder. At once mythic, syncretic, and autobiographical, transported on strains of epiphanic geomancy, Menes's work subtly presents a new vision of América that Martí, Stevens and Walcott would all embrace. You want to whisper in a fever, 'Adelante!'"--John Phillip Santos, University Distinguished Scholar in Mestizo Cultural Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio "It is a magic-carpet ride--because the carpet is the tapestry of the Americas and its characters of tobacconists and capitalists and miners and fathers, and the magic is the language, the 'maracas of rain,' and the 'orchids that grow in gessoed moonlight.' What a wild ride; what a wild and lovely and passionate and closely observed ride."--Beth Ann Fennelly, author of Unmentionables "Drenched with the flavor and savor of the Caribbean, Orlando Ricardo Menes's Fetish is a treat for the mouth and the ear, as well as for the mind. Striking characters abound: Zvi Mendel, 'retired tobacconist to Havana's Ashkenazim'; an unnamed female survivor of a prison called 'Den of the Lioness.' Anger at injustice often surfaces. The beauty of the region springs up everywhere. But it is sound that powers these poems, a piquant blend of English spiced with Español. . . . These delectable poems beg to be tasted. To be spoken. To be sung."--Charles Harper Webb, author of Shadow Ball "Open Orlando Ricardo Menes's exquisite poetry collection Fetish, and you'll quickly see a folk sculpture of Eleggua, though I should warn you. In the Cuban Santería religion, this deity has 101 manifestations, or roads, he may take you down. In this way, he is not unlike Menes's poems, which may lead us, in a matter of pages, from suburban Indiana to Miami to Panamá to Kichwa-speaking villages in the Andes. Although the destinies of these roads offer vastly different insights, if we survive them, there is a sensibility that unifies the whole: Menes does not easily identify with grand ideologies and personal arrogance. Rather, he keeps his eye on those who go largely unrecorded by history: a poor great-uncle alienated from his own family by politics, a daughter with severe ADHD, a papá assiduously mending used furniture, a political prisoner who survives cruelty by caring for the earth's smallest creatures--lame rat, pregnant mouse, chirping cricket."--Maurice Kilwein Guevara, author of Poema and Postmortem, "Open Orlando Ricardo Menes's exquisite poetry collection Fetish, and you'll quickly see a folk sculpture of Eleggua, though I should warn you. In the Cuban Santería religion, this deity has 101 manifestations, or roads, he may take you down. In this way, he is not unlike Menes's poems, which may lead us, in a matter of pages, from suburban Indiana to Miami to Panamá to Kichwa-speaking villages in the Andes. Although the destinies of these roads offer vastly different insights, if we survive them, there is a sensibility that unifies the whole: Menes does not easily identify with grand ideologies and personal arrogance. Rather, he keeps his eye on those who go largely unrecorded by history: a poor great-uncle alienated from his own family by politics, a daughter with severe ADHD, a papá assiduously mending used furniture, a political prisoner who survives cruelty by caring for the earth's smallest creatures-lame rat, pregnant mouse, chirping cricket."-Maurice Kilwein Guevara, author of Poema and Postmortem, "Orlando Ricardo Menes's Fetish is a rare work of the American Creole Sublime, conjuring visions of his Cuban homeland as a sacred geography of vanquished mestizo dreams, his Florida boyhood a world of transmuting tropical wonder. At once mythic, syncretic, and autobiographical, transported on strains of epiphanic geomancy, Menes's work subtly presents a new vision of América that Martí, Stevens and Walcott would all embrace. You want to whisper in a fever, 'Adelante!'"-John Phillip Santos, University Distinguished Scholar in Mestizo Cultural Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio
Table of Content
Contents Acknowledgments 000 Part 1. Ars Poetica Courtyard of Clotheslines, Angel Hill 000 Golgotha 000 Fetish 000 Mambo 000 Maracas of Rain 000 Aubade: The Charcoal Makers 000 Zvi Mendel 000 The Maximum Leader Addresses His Island Nation 000 Spiderman in Havana 000 Den of the Lioness 000 Libros 000 Refrigeradores 000 Elegy for Great-Uncle Julio, Cane Cutter 000 Tía Gladys, Backroom Seamstress 000 Zafra 000 Ars Poetica 000 Part 2. El Cristo de Piedra Windfall Antiques 000 Horses 000 Lalo, Peddler 000 Television, a Patient Teacher 000 Sal 000 Village of the Water People 000 El Cristo de Piedra 000 Birthing Adrian 000 Tantrums 000 Braille 000 Pyx 000 Adderall 000 St. Joseph River 000 Ashes 000 Mole 000 Part 3. The Gringo Called Ñakak Soroche 000 The Gringo Called Ñakak 000 Altiplano 000 Panegyric for the Condor 000 The Devil's Miner 000 The Boy from Chimbote 000 Parable 000 Our Lord of Miracles 000 Top 000 Toro 000 Breakfast with Capitalists 000 Juancito's Wake 000 Source Acknowledgments 000 Notes for Poems 000 Glossary 000
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2013
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23
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