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Natural Takeover of Small Things is a collection of poetry that offers an unflinching view of "California's Heartland," the San Joaquin Valley. In his distinctive, lyrical, pull-no-punches style, Tim Z. Hernandez offers a glimpse of the people, the landscape, the rhythm, and the detritus of the rural West. As Hernandez peels back the façade of the place, he reveals that home is not always where the heart is.

The book opens with an image of Fresno as "the inexhaustible nerve/in the twitching leg of a dog/three hours after being smashed/beneath the retread wheel/of a tomato truck en route to/a packing house that was raided/by the feds just days before the harvest." It ends with "Adios, Fresno," an astringent farewell to the city: "You can keep your fields, /the sun will follow me./I won't reconsider./I've overstayed my welcome/by three generations." By then, we have toured the breadth of the San Joaquin Valley, have tasted Fuyu persimmons and lengua, have witnessed a home crumbling to foreclosure, and listened to the last words of a dying campesino. We're made aware that this is an atmosphere scented by an entirely organic stew--a melding of culture, objects, and forms. This is a place where rubble mirrors the refuse of lives. But garbage is also compost. And if we squint, we can see through the wreckage a few small patches where love could be taking root and hope might actually be sprouting.
About the Author:

Tim Z. Hernandez is a poet, novelist, and performance artist whose awards include the 2006 American Book Award, the 2010 Premio Aztlán Prize in Fiction, and the James Duval Phelan Award from the San Francisco Foundation. He is the author of a previous book of poetry, Skin Tax, and the novel Breathing, in Dust. In 2011 the Poetry Society of America named him one of sixteen New American Poets. He holds a BA from Naropa University and an MFA from Bennington College.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780816530120
  • Publisher: University of Arizona Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Arizona Press
  • Depth: 4
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Width: 150 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0816530122
  • Publisher Date: 21 Feb 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 224 mm
  • No of Pages: 80
  • Series Title: Camino del Sol
  • Weight: 113 gr


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