Tag: Craig Santos Perez
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purpose & craig santos perez
In my recent microreview & interview of Craig Santos Perez’s from unincorporated territory [lukao], I spoke of Perez’s multivalent poetic approach demanding an equally multivalent reading, and how the book makes this demand in an accessible manner. Every literary tradition has their footnote-ridden “masterpieces” (I’m nodding at T.S. Eliot’s aptly named “The Wasteland”), but for every […]
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microreview & intervew: Craig Santos Perez’s from unincorporated territory [lukao]
review by José Angel Araguz from the legends of juan malo (a malologue) ~ (the birth of Guåhan) “Guam” is now named “Guåhan,” which translates as [we] have. As in [we] have deep water and the U.S. expects [us] to home port 60% of the Pacific fleet. Or [we] have to continue supporting the Navy […]