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Beastgirl & other origin myths
- Title
- Beastgirl & other origin myths / Elizabeth Acevedo.
- Author
- Acevedo, Elizabeth
- Publication
- Portland, OR : YesYes Books, 2016.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc C 19-32 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 17-2887 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 35 pages : portrait; 19 cm
- Summary
- A collection of folkloric poems centered on the historical, mythological, gendered, and geographic experiences of a first generation American woman.
- Alternative Title
- Beastgirl and other origin myths
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- American poetry – African American authors.
- American poetry – 21st century.
- American poetry – Women authors.
- Poetry.
- Note
- Poems.
- "A Vinyl 45 Blue Note edition"--Page 4 of cover.
- Contents
- La ciguapa -- Brother myth -- Conversations -- Salt -- Pressing -- Stranger tells me my body be a temple -- First job -- It almost curdles my womb dry -- The true story of La Negra, a bio-myth -- Mami came to this country as a nanny -- Liminalities -- Beloved -- Pareja -- Dominican superstitions -- The dictator's brujas, or, Why I didn't grow up with Disney -- Regularization plan for foreigners, 1922 -- February 10th, 2015 -- Juan Dolio Beach -- La Santa Maria -- For the poet who told me rats aren't noble enough creatures for a poem -- La Ùltima Cacique.
- Call Number
- Sc C 19-32
- ISBN
- 9781936919451
- 1936919451
- LCCN
- 2018379358
- OCLC
- 971187873
- Author
- Acevedo, Elizabeth, author.
- Title
- Beastgirl & other origin myths / Elizabeth Acevedo.
- Publisher
- Portland, OR : YesYes Books, 2016.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc C 19-32JFD 17-2887