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The Lighthouse Tattoo: Poems

The Lighthouse Tattoo: Poems

In his fourth full-length collection, Jose Hernandez Diaz explores the first-generation Mexican American experience in nuanced linear verse, avant-garde offerings, and deadpan absurdist prose poems.

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Ará’lúèbó

Ará’lúèbó

A layered exploration of the immigrant identity through the voices of multiple Nigerian American characters.

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Common Disaster

Common Disaster

A remarkable debut collection that chronicles the experience of anxiety and anguish in the face of COVID-19.

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Terminal Surreal

Terminal Surreal

This unflinching poetry collection follows the author’s diagnosis with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

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Scream / Queen

Scream / Queen

A debut poetry collection drawing on horror-movie tropes to examine the body—both its traumas and its possibilities.

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The Alcestis Machine

The Alcestis Machine

Inspired by the Greek myth of Alcestis, this poetry collection brings to life myriad voices who venture beyond the known world and exist between realities.

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Bad Mexican, Bad American

Bad Mexican, Bad American

This collection of poems by Jose Hernandez Diaz showcases the unique style that has made him a rising star in the poetry community.

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Dual

Dual

A poetry collection examining masculinity, aggression, and violence.

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Metabolics

Metabolics

In this debut poetry collection, a single speaker tries to control her body and negotiate her time with digital devices, all the while navigating identities, impulses, and relationships that are often in tension.

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