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The Inventor: A Poet's Transcolonial Autobiography (Chapter One) - Softcover

Tabios, Eileen R.

 
9781732614192: The Inventor: A Poet's Transcolonial Autobiography (Chapter One)

Synopsis

Eileen R. Tabios says, "Poetry is a decolonized language." She proves it through her autobiography that begins with her first book that she wrote as a 2–3-year-old toddler and focuses on her poetry inventions: the hay(na)ku, Murder Death Resurrection: A Poetry Generator, and The Flooid. This is a unique and thought-provoking autobiography by a poet who claims poetry is not words.

Chapter One: On Becoming a Poet Series

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About the Author

Eileen R. Tabios has released over 70 collections of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction prose. Recent releases include the novel  The Balikbayan Artist; a poetry collection  Because I Love You, I Become War; and an autobiography,  The Inventor. Other recent books include a first novel  DoveLion: A Fairy Tale for Our Times  which was in translated by Danton Remoto into Filipino as  KalapatingLeon. Inventor of the hay(na)ku, a 21st century diasporic poetic form, she has seen her writing and editing works receive recognition through awards, grants and residencies. More information is at  http://eileenrtabios.com

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