Overview

In this brilliantly rendered collection—the author's fourth—Morales explores love and grief after the death of his father, weaving his father's personality, his childhood in Puerto Rico, and his service in the US military with dreamscapes and explorations of life after death and how our loved ones continue to live on in our memories and actions.

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Author:   Juan J. Morales
Publisher:   University of New Mexico Press
Imprint:   University of New Mexico Press
ISBN:  

9780826367587

ISBN 10:   0826367585
Pages:   136
Publication Date:   31 March 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Of Avocados Life Support My Father's Blasphemy, or Excerpt from Shit My Puerto Rican Father Said Dream of the Space Tattoo Lost Photo of Pop Holding an Anaconda My Father's War Medals Excerpt from Shit My Puerto Rican Father Said The Waves, or Las Olas Dream of the Rising Sea Teaching Me to Shoot Pool The Fifth Commandment The Lighthouse Dream ""Puerto Rico Goes Dark"" Dogma Dream of the Wolf Excerpt from Shit My Puerto Rican Father Said ""Are You Sure This Isn't You?"" Dream of the Old Antique Shop The Saddest Song My Father Looking at Bruegel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus Nightmare of a Bear My Papa's Morning Walks Death Jokes Visiting Your Grave The Veil, or Dad Checks in with Another Dream Destiny Every Last Supper El Chupacabra Visits Chicago Dream of Hungry Crabs Excerpt from Shit My Puerto Rican Father Said Dream of the Ladybugs The Medium Speaks of Birds The House of Bees The Migratory Patterns of Chupacabras Dream of the Sun Spirit Grandpa Money Inside My Black Sugar Skull Notebook Dream of Synchronicity One Year Later Excerpt from Shit My Puerto Rican Father Said My Mother's Dreams Actualization Principle Looking for Duende Dream of the Mummy Excerpt from Shit My Puerto Rican Father Said Magpies, Building a Nest Boricua Economics Excerpt from Shit from My Puerto Rican Father Said Bury Me in a Guayabera Dad Watching Jackass ""20,000 Pallets of Bottled Water Left Untouched in Storm-Ravaged Puerto Rico"" Dream of the Widow Excerpt from Shit from My Puerto Rican Father Said Dear Mama Dream of the Magic Coat Dream of the Devil on Instant Messenger AubadeIf the Octopus Dreams Life Is a Dream, Then You Wake Up Excerpt from Shit from My Puerto Rican Father Said Veterans Day Weekend Commendations Dream of the Flooded Bathroom Of Deer, or Los Venados Dream of Acceptance Excerpt from Shit from My Puerto Rican Father Said Dream of the Bird Tattoo Acknowledgments

Reviews

""With Dream of the Bird Tattoo, Juan J. Morales has created a stunning memoir-in-poems about his father's death and the grief that follows. This collection is honest, powerful, and heartbreaking.""--Sean Prentiss, author of Crosscut: Poems

Author Information

Juan J. Morales is an assistant professor of English at Colorado College. He is the author of three other books of poetry, including The Handyman's Guide to End Times: Poems (UNM Press). He lives in Pueblo, Colorado.

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