Susurros a Mi Padre, Saenz Erick

Susurros como vientos del Mar: S enzs SUSSUROS A MI PADRE, is a glowing debut. These poems shine with a quartzite clarity that guides the reader through vital fronteras of Latinx experience. Weaving together a polyvocal lyric of familial inquiry, S enzs poetry is a refreshing, reinvigorating looking at a Latinx narrative that so many live, and yet so few ever read about. May this Poets ocean of language change that tide.--Angel Dominguez

Let this book show you an interrogation and migration of story, where story is made of secrets: from Monterrey to Los Angeles to San Jos and back; through wanting to know ones father, and ultimately, oneself. In this candid, real-time narrative, Erick S enz sits with the discomfort and mystery of words in Spanish and English that pass time], where time is a summation of moments, questions, memories; and where passing is actively standing watch at a life thats yours. Call it disenfranchised grief--or listen when he asks, What is it like growing up landlocked?--or when he affects, Este es mi elogia, papi with the crushing beauty of a confession. S enz writes fatherlessness, restlessness, and distance and othering as double consciousness. This story is a slow, heartfelt corrido unveiling the poetics of loss.--Janice Sapigao