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In the title poem of Tato Laviera's fifth poetry collection, "Mixturao," he celebrates the mix of diverse cultures and languages that make up America, and challenges those who advocate a monolingual existence: "We who integrate / urban America / simmering in each other's / slangs indigenous / nativizing our tongues' / cruising accents / who are you, English, / telling me, 'Speak only English / or die?'"
Laviera deftly combines English and Spanish in this poetic celebration of his own bilingual, bicultural existence and the ever-increasing use of both languages in all fields, from music to technology. In his poem entitled "Spanglish," he writes: "pues estoy creando spanglish / bi-cultural systems / scientific lexicographical / inter-textual integrations / two expressions / existentially wired / two dominant languages / continentally abrazandose..."
Divided into sections that examine culture and community, Laviera continues his life-long poetic exploration of his Afro-Puerto Rican roots planted in the urban cacophony of New York City. In "Nideaquinedealla" ("Neither from Here nor from There"), he writes about the sense of alienation that all immigrants face when they are considered foreigners in both their native and adopted lands.
The poems of Tato Laviera are complex and engaging, and through his words, his spirit, his bilingualism, and his dual identity, he offers the reader poems that are a celebration of life and identity.
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About the Author:
TATO LAVIERA is the author of four previous collections of poetry: La Carreta Made a U-Turn (Arte Publico Press, 1979), Enclave (Arte Publico Press, 1981), Mainstream Ethics (Arte Publico Press, 1988), and AmeRican (Arte Publico Press, 2003). He lives and works in New York City.
Review:
"Dedicated to celebrating the diverse and complex compilation that is America....Mixturao entertains as well as invokes thought in readers, recommended." --Midwest Book Review
"Engaging and entertaining, funny and intellectual, certainly not boring. You can feel that Laviera had fun with these verses being unafraid of traditionalists..." --El Boricua
"Engaging and entertaining, funny and intellectual, certainly not boring. You can feel that Laviera had fun with these verses being unafraid of traditionalists..." --El Boricua
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- PublisherArte Publico Press
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1558855246
- ISBN 13 9781558855243
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages73
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