Paper Birds: Feather by Feather / Pájaros de papel: Pluma por pluma

Paper Birds: Feather by Feather / Pájaros de papel: Pluma por pluma is a bilingual poetry collection, in English and Spanish, by the recipient of the Tomás Rivera Book Award Sonia Gutiérrez, with translations by Francisco Bustos. Paper Birds: Feather by Feather / Pájaros de papel: Pluma por pluma received an honrable Mention, The Juan Felipe Herrera Best Poetry Book Award-One Author-Bilingual, from the International Latino Book Awards.

"Sonia Gutiérrez's poems dive into the blue/turquoise feathers of life along the border, within the cultural waves of Raza tumult and celebration; her poems strike the bone like drumsticks. These poems pat the heart like a mother's loving hand, lock arms with sisters and brothers like a fellow guerillista, she sings from the blood like the ocean waves the shore, she spirals her poetic magic until transformation occurs, and we are changed-bravo!"

-Jimmy Santiago Baca, author of No Enemies: Poems

"Sonia Gutiérrez writes visceral, magical poems of power and grace. She speaks to legacies, homage, and justice. The Spanglish translations weave beautifully with the English into a tapestry of important questions for our country and our time. Paper Birds: Feather by Feather is a gift of necessary heat, music, and ultimately, joy."

-Lee Herrick, Poet Laureate of California and author of Scar and Flower

Author: Sonia Gutiérrez
Publisher: El Martillo Press
Published: 04/18/2024
Pages: 182
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d
ISBN: 9798868907302

About the Author
Gutiérrez, Sonia: - Sonia GutiérrezSonia Gutiérrez is the author of two full-length bilingual poetry collections, Spider Woman / La Mujer Araña (Olmeca Press, 2013) and Paper Birds: Feather by Feather / Pájaros de papel: Pluma por pluma (El Martillo Press, 2024), recipient of an honorable mention for the ILBA's The Juan Felipe Herrera Best Poetry Book Award-One Author-Bilingual, and the novel, Dreaming with Mariposas (FlowerSong Press, 2020), winner of the Tomás Rivera Book Award 2021, the International Latino Book Awards 2022, and the ILBA Book into Movie Awards 2023. She teaches composition, critical thinking and writing, and creative writing. Sonia Gutiérrez is currently working on her first illustrated book, The Adventures of a Burrito Flying Saucer and Sana Sana Colita de Rana: Poems to Not Perish / Sana sana colita de rana: Poemas para no morir, a bilingual poetry collection. She lives in the Californias. To learn more about Sonia Gutiérrez and her work, visit www.soniagutierrez.com.Bustos, Francisco: - Francisco J. Bustos is a poet, translator, and musician. In 2009, he founded a poetry/music group, Frontera Drum Fusion, which fused acoustic, electric, and digital music with bilingual poetry in English, Spanish, Spanglish, and Ingleñol. Francisco J. Bustos is also a professor at Southwestern College and poet-translator of the San Diego Poetry Annual. In 2020, he founded Radio San Ysidro Mulmenyah (RSYM), an online musical platform of poetry and music, where poets and the borderlands community meet weekly via Zoom to write poetry a la brava with the sound of a healing drum playing in the background. His RSYM project also produces live perfomances on both sides of the borderlands.