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Gustavo Hernandezâs debut poetry collection, Flower Grand First, moves through the complex roads of immigration, sexuality, and loss. These poems are points plotted on maps both physical and emotionalâthe rural landscapes of Jalisco, the glimmering plains of memory, the busy cities of California, and the circular paths of grief. HernandezâsâŠ
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Flower, Grand, First is a collection of poems about Santa Ana, California and Jalisco, Mexico. The title comes from three streets in Santa Ana, where my husbandâs family has lived for more than one hundred years. Hernandezâs poems are about place and displacement and examine what it feels like to be an outsider trying to make sense of life in a strange land, always searching for home. In the wonderful poem âMy Father Shows Me Catalinaâ Hernandez writes: âSmile so you both know itâs okay that you are different. But once-in-a-while, the division is so clean itâll cut into you.â
From Mary's list on life in the real Southern California.
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