Reliquaria
Nebraska · Paperback · September 1, 2014
In his prize-winning poetry collection Reliquaria, R.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in evolving Filipino American identity
- Themes
- Filipino American identity, Cultural and spiritual intersections, Memory, death, and remembrance
- Genres
- Asian American Poetry, Poetry About Death, Inspirational & Religious Poetry
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In his prize-winning poetry collection Reliquaria, R. A. Villanueva embraces liminal, in-between spaces in considering an ever-evolving Filipino American identity. Languages and cultures collide; mythologies and faiths echo and resound. Part haunting, part prayer, part prophecy, these poems resonate with the voices of the dead and those who remember them. In this remarkable book, we enter the vessel of memory, the vessel of the body.
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The dead act as witness, the living as chimera, and we learn that whatever the state of the body, this much rings true: every ode is an elegy; each elegy is always an ode.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in evolving Filipino American identity
- Readers drawn to poetry about memory, death, and remembrance
Where it sits
| Asian American Poetry | 98% |
|---|---|
| Poetry About Death | 71% |
| Inspirational & Religious Poetry | 37% |
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Publisher categories
- Asian Poetry
- Poetry About Death
- Authors
- R.A. Villanueva
- Publisher
- Nebraska
- Published
- September 1, 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Filipino American identity · Cultural and spiritual intersections · Memory, death, and remembrance
- Reading lane
- Asian Poetry