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of the Americlypse:An Anthology of New Latin@Writing(with John Chávez)  \nMilk and Filth  \nGoodbye,Flicker  \nThe City She Was  \nCan We Talk Here  \nReason's Monster  \nBring Down the Little Birds:On Mothering,Art,Work,and Everything ElseOdalisque in Pieces  \nBE RECORDER  \npoems  \nCarmen Giménez Smith  \nCopyright ◎2019 by Carmen Giménez Smith  \nThis publication is made possible,in part,by the voters of Minnesota through a MinnesotaState Arts Board Operating Support grant,thanks to a legislative appropriation from thearts and cultural heritage fund.Significant support has also been provided by Target,theMcKnight Foundation,the Lannan Foundation,the Amazon Literary Partnership,and othergenerous contributions from foundations,corporations,and individuals.To these organiza-tions and individuals we offer our heartfelt thanks.  \nPublished by Graywolf Press250 Third Avenue North,Suite 600Minneapolis,Minnesota 55401  \nAll rights reserved.  \nwww.graywolfpress.org  \nPublished in the United States of America  \nISBN 978-1-55597-848-8  \n246897531First Graywolf Printing,2019  \nLibrary of Congress Control Number:2018958160  \nCover design:Mary Austin Speaker  \nCover art:Daniel Martin Diaz  \nFor Mark Wunderlich  \nCONTENTS  \nONE:Creation Myth  \nORIGINS·3  \nWATCH WHAT HAPPENS·4BOY CRAZY·5PLAY THERAPY·6  \nSELF AS DEEP AS COMA·7SOUTHERN CONE·9CURRENT AFFAIRS·10INTERVIEW FOLLOW-UP·11NO APOLOGY:A POEMIFESTO·12FLAT EARTH DREAM SOLILOQUY·13  \nTW0:Be Recorder  \nBE RECORDER·17  \nTHREE:Birthright  \nIN REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR LABORS·63AS BODY II·65  \nI WILL BE MY MOTHER’S APPRENTICE·67BEASTS·68  \nENTANGLEMENT·70AMERICANMYTHOS·71ON TEACHING·76TERMINALHAIR·77ONLY A SHADOW·78ARS POETICA·79  \nNOTES·81ACKNOWLEDGMENTS·83","cbCaif20EzBdYPqd","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaif20EzBdYPqd","pdf",2853142,100,"English","# ONE: Creation Myth\n## ORIGINS\n## WATCH WHAT HAPPENS\n## BOY CRAZY\n## PLAY THERAPY\n## SELF AS DEEP AS COMA\n## SOUTHERN CONE\n## CURRENT AFFAIRS\n## INTERVIEW 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