
Before the body
Description
Set in South Texas, the poems of “Before the Body” address the border, not of place, but in between people. Following a narrative arc from a grandfather who spoke another language—silence—to a young boy who drowns in silence, these poems are expressions of the speaker’s search for intimacy in language: what words intend themselves to be, what language means to be.
Agent
- Espinoza, Lauren (Author)
- Rios, Alberto A (Thesis advisor)
- Ball, Sally (Committee member)
- Hogue, Cynthia (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
2015