{"product_id":"morales-osdany-security-qpb","title":"[03\/02\/27] Morales, Osdany: Security Questions","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Directions, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Harry Bauld\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: March 2, 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"It was through writing this book,\" Osdany Morales says, \"that I realized I carried many memories in literary form--that exile had established a past I could already recount without waiting for old age. Exile and poetry made me look not exactly backward, but inward.\" The poems from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSecurity Questions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (originally published as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEl pasado es un pueblo solitario\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) are, on the one hand, a lyric sequence shaped by the poet's coming of age in small-town Cuba during the late stages of Fidel Castro's regime, and on the other a testament of exile and immigration, traces that remain in the wake of forsaking a homeland for the uncertainties of a new place. Each poem in this playful and trenchant collection unfolds as a reply to its title, and each title is a question in English that echoes actual online prompts for newly arrived immigrants to establish official identity and security in the United States. With a mix of humor, irony, and sincerity vividly captured by the translator Harry Bauld, Morales transforms these absurd and interrogative bureaucratic authentication questions into the radiant poetry of a new \"American\" persona.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45361786421271,"sku":"9780811241380","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/A1X_J0eF-QL._SL1500.jpg?v=1791061926","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/morales-osdany-security-qpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}