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At the end of the night, following an awkward silence during a conversation on Cubism, we kissed for about thirty minutes beneath a protest mural by David Alfaro Siqueiros.”  Bad Mexican, Bad American demonstrates how having roots in more than one culture can be both unsettling and rich: van Gogh and Beethoven share the page with tattoos, graffiti, and rancheras; Quetzalcoatl shows up at Panda Express; a Mexican American child who has never had a Mexican American teacher may become that teacher; a parent’s “broken” English is beautiful and masterful. Blending reality with dream and humility with hope, Hernandez Diaz contributes a singing strand to the complex cultural weave that is twenty-first-century poetry.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49751058088209,"sku":"NGR9781946724731","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51089761992977,"sku":"NIN9781946724731","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51694008008977,"sku":"CIN1946724734G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1946724734.jpg?v=1751315382"},{"product_id":"fire-eater-book-jose-hernandez-diaz-9781680032086","title":"The Fire Eater","description":"Surreal, playful, and always poignant, the prose poems in Jose Hernandez Diaz's masterful debut chapbook introduce us to a mime, a skeleton, and the man in the Pink Floyd t-shirt, all of whom explore their inner selves in Diaz's startling and spare style. With nods to Russell Edson and the surrealists, Hernandez Diaz explores the ordinary and the not-so-ordinary occurrences of life, set against the backdrop of the moon, and the poet's native Los Angeles.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50171234779409,"sku":"CIN1680032089A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51465006481681,"sku":"CIN1680032089VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1680032089.jpg?v=1763478176"},{"product_id":"portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-brown-man-book-jose-hernandez-diaz-9781636282404","title":"Portrait of the Artist as a Brown Man","description":"“What joys, what celebrations, and what tributes await the reader of Jose Hernandez Diaz’s Portrait of the Artist as a Brown Man.”—Iliana Rocha, author of The Many Deaths of Inocencio Rodriguez   This collection consists of odes to the Mexican American, first-gen experience as well as surreal prose poems with cultural references and settings native to the Los Angeles area.    The collection opens with odes to everyday images and symbols of the Latinx community. In an age of elevated racism, these odes seek to celebrate Latinx culture in the face of constant scapegoating, ridicule, and surveillance. Also, this collection explores surreal prose poetry both in the suburbs and barrios of Los Angeles and the larger American landscape. “A future prizewinner,” according to former US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, this collection seeks to celebrate the Mexican American experience while also exploring how surrealism and absurdism can lead to wondrous discoveries about the self, community, and the imagination.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51628600033553,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51628600295697,"sku":"NIN9781636282404","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51628600361233,"sku":"NGR9781636282404","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52677436965137,"sku":"NLS9781636282404","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1636282407.jpg?v=1751057369"},{"product_id":"parachutist-book-jose-hernandez-diaz-9781951979720","title":"The Parachutist","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51679907217681,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51679907414289,"sku":"NIN9781951979720","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1951979729.jpg?v=1750998019"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-jose-hernandez-diaz.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}