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Smooth-Talking Dog
Castillo Udiart
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Description for Smooth-Talking Dog
Paperback. Translator(s): Seidman, Anthony. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 175.
In his biting first full-length collection in English, Tijuana poet Roberto Castillo Udiarte commiserates with Zona Norte streetwalkers, embodies the desert lizard, and maps a life lived in the dimness of the barroom -- as well as its incisive light. The poems in Smooth-Talking Dog display the counterculture influence of a wide range of influences on both sides of the border, from both the page and the rock concert stage, as hilarious and tragic as they are deadly serious. Celebrating Baja California's status outside the Mexican literary mainstream, Smooth-Talking Dog proves just how permeable the aesthetic border between the U.S. ... Read more
In his biting first full-length collection in English, Tijuana poet Roberto Castillo Udiarte commiserates with Zona Norte streetwalkers, embodies the desert lizard, and maps a life lived in the dimness of the barroom -- as well as its incisive light. The poems in Smooth-Talking Dog display the counterculture influence of a wide range of influences on both sides of the border, from both the page and the rock concert stage, as hilarious and tragic as they are deadly serious. Celebrating Baja California's status outside the Mexican literary mainstream, Smooth-Talking Dog proves just how permeable the aesthetic border between the U.S. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Phoneme
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
174g
Number of Pages
150
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781944700089
SKU
V9781944700089
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About Castillo Udiart
Roberto Castillo Udiarte, the Godfather of Tijuana's counterculture (La Prensa San Diego), has written a half dozen books of poetry and a handful of novels. Born in Tecate in 1951, Castillo Udiarte has lived his entire life in Baja California, though he has often explored el otro lado in search of his literary contemporaries, among whom ... Read more
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