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Winner of the 2020 International Book Award for Poetry. Winner of a 2019 Foreword INDIES Award for Poetry. Winner of the 2020 Indie Reader Discovery Award for Poetry. In HIJITO--selected by Eduardo C. Corral as winner of the 2018 Broken River Prize--Carlos Andr s G mez writes of brutality and beauty with the same urgency and with a truth that burns readily; it is a collection of survival instincts. As a vital and tender exploration and deconstruction of contemporary society, his poetry engages with America's ever-changing landscape and the ways in which race, gender, and violence coalesce. Called powerful, truthful, and sublime by Cornel West, G mez's words are a necessary paean to hope and courage in the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne loss makes you feel all the other losses\u003c\/em\u003e, writes Carlos Andr s G mez in this searing and inquisitive collection. His attentiveness to language and to pain is unflinching. 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