University of Arizona Press
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Founded in 1959, publisher of scholarly & regional books, as well as award-winning literary series’ Sun Tracks and Camino del Sol.
Many contributors share how they apply Indigenous theory to their work in their communities & how this work is driven by urgency, responsibility & justice in "From The Skin"– @azpress #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth book recommendation 📚⚖️ bit.ly/3uomx1o
“Ojo en celo / Eye in Heat is full of paradoxical tensions. Margarita Pintado’s sharp eye is committed to each carefully crafted word and phrase to bring us a poetics of lack and desire. More than just a keen eye, in this book we find a whole sensitive body made of beauties and fragilities.”—Elidio La Torre Lagares, author of Wonderful Wasteland and Other Natural Disasters @AZpress
@Poet_Major @Milkweed_Books @akasomeguy @januaryoneil @nightboatbooks @TheBetsyHotel @laypay Margarita Pintado Burgos and Alejandra Quintana Arocho’s Ojo en Celo / Eye in Heat has won the $1,000 Ambroggio Prize for a Spanish poetry manuscript + English translation, which will be published by University of Arizona Press @AZpress. Achy Obejas @achylandia Judged.
wow im thrilled to share that my new poetry book, from unincorporated territory [åmot] has been named to the longlist for the National Book Award! grateful to the judges & my publisher Omnidawn, and so happy for all the amazing authors on this list! nationalbook.org/2023-national-…
