The Backlit Hour

by José Rodríguez and José Antonio Rodríguez

Whether silently coveting the birthday gifts of a privileged classmate, trying to connect with a mother's ghost-like presence, or interrogating the dehumanizing impulse of an Arizona minuteman, the speaker of these poems often finds himself on the "wrong" side of the border that delineates a space of belonging, marginalized or estranged from his surroundings, observing the Other with a sense of both awe and bewilderment. As such, the poems invite...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1622880048
• ISBN13: 9781622880041
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Stephen F. Austin University Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 17 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher