{"product_id":"osorio-conde-misael-some-were-pb","title":"[09\/08\/26] Osorio-Conde, Misael: Some Were Just the Fragments \/\/ Es Que Fueron Solo Los Fragmentos","description":"\u003cp\u003eBaobab Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: September 8, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMisael Osorio-Conde's debut collection \u003ci\u003esome were just the Fragments \/ es qué fueron sólo unos Fragmentos\u003c\/i\u003e center cultural, psychological, and linguistic border-crossings. Osorio-Conde's poems chart the experiences of his formative years where he learned to live in the shadows of exile as well as within a new language. Threading the needle between disclosure and acceptance, lyricism and narrative, and encapsulating new and inventive formal structures, the poems in \u003ci\u003esome were just the Fragments \/ es qué fueron sólo unos Fragmentos\u003c\/i\u003e attempt to make sense of Osorio-Conde's crossing while grieving an indefinitely deferred return to his native land. The poems presented in this bilingual collection are built for our contemporary moment, while laced with the timeless realities, hardships, and most importantly, the successes, loves, family, and camaraderie that define human experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45143461068823,"sku":"9781936097708","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/81N9Qg_zdVL._SL1500.jpg?v=1780615460","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/osorio-conde-misael-some-were-pb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}