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Blade, José Angel Araguz
Blade, José Angel Araguz
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This poem by José Angel Araguz was awarded the University of Cincinnati Graduate Poetry Prize in 2016 and appeared on the official website of the Academy of American Poets.
La Llorona At The Saloon, José Angel Araguz
La Llorona At The Saloon, José Angel Araguz
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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in Aster(ix).
Story Of The Salt Doll, José Angel Araguz
Story Of The Salt Doll, José Angel Araguz
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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Inflectionist Review.
The Story Of Eyes, José Angel Araguz
The Story Of Eyes, José Angel Araguz
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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Inflectionist Review.
El Rio, José Angel Araguz
El Rio, José Angel Araguz
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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in Crab Creek Review. “El Rio” comes from trying to move beyond predictable tropes about border crossing and work out how the river makes itself known, through dreams as well as everyday occurrences of profiling, and unignorable.
Cazar Means To Hunt Not To Marry, José Angel Araguz
Cazar Means To Hunt Not To Marry, José Angel Araguz
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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in December.
Freckles, José Angel Araguz
Freckles, José Angel Araguz
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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Indianola Review.
Night Sky Manifesto, José Angel Araguz
Night Sky Manifesto, José Angel Araguz
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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Inflectionist Review.
The Music Inside, José Angel Araguz
The Music Inside, José Angel Araguz
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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Inflectionist Review.
Alien, José Angel Araguz
Alien, José Angel Araguz
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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in Crab Creek Review.
On Being Called Jorge, José Angel Araguz
On Being Called Jorge, José Angel Araguz
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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Indianola Review.
Cornflower, José Angel Araguz
Cornflower, José Angel Araguz
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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Inflectionist Review.
Midnight, José Angel Araguz
Midnight, José Angel Araguz
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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Inflectionist Review.
Distinguished Poet José Angel Araguz: The Interview, José Angel Araguz, A. Molotkov, John Sibley Williams
Distinguished Poet José Angel Araguz: The Interview, José Angel Araguz, A. Molotkov, John Sibley Williams
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This interview with poet José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Inflectionist Review.
Leave, José Angel Araguz
Leave, José Angel Araguz
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This poem by José Angel Araguz originally appeared in The Inflectionist Review.
"A Bastard Jargon”: Language Politics And Identity In The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao, Rachel Norman
"A Bastard Jargon”: Language Politics And Identity In The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao, Rachel Norman
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This essay explores Junot Díaz's only full-length novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, through the theoretical lens of sociolinguistics and examines the ways in which Díaz has attempted to overcome the publishing industry's complicity in maintaining the nation's ethnocentric expectations in regards to English as the only acceptable language of publication. By introducing the work of several sociolinguists into the discussion, examining the use of African American Vernacular and “nerdish” alongside the Spanish, and reviewing Díaz’s relationship with his editors, I provide a more nuanced reading of the ubiquitous code-switching throughout Oscar Wao and suggest that beyond …