{"product_id":"carapace-dancer-paperback","title":"Carapace Dancer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNatalia Toledo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eClare Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCarapace Dancer\u003c\/i\u003e, Natalia Toledo revisits some themes from her award-winning collection \u003ci\u003eThe Black Flower and Other Zapotec Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (tr. Clare Sullivan, Phoneme, 2015).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToledo returns to the landscape of her childhood where animals predict the future and grandmothers shape masa. Again, she questions Zapotec traditions even as she mourns their disappearance. But in these poems Toledo takes more risks: she exposes her pain and that of her people in images at once elegant and raw. Like the crab, she edges into the past, but the hard shell of experience or cynicism provides only temporary protection to the human vulnerability beneath it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNatalia Toledo\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Juchit?n, Oaxaca. Her bilingual poetry (Zapotec-Spanish) has been included in numerous journals and anthologies, and translated into languages as varied as Nahuatl, Italian, and Punjabi. She has received support from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) and the Oaxaca State Fund for Culture and the Arts (FOESCA). Since 2019, she has served as Mexico's Under Secretary of Cultural Diversity and Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eClare Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of Spanish at the University of Louisville, teaches language, poetry, and translation. She and her students work regularly on translation projects for the Louisville community. Recently she guest edited a special issue of \u003ci\u003eTranslation Review\u003c\/i\u003e: \"Translation as Community\" Vol 1: Issue 1 (2023). Her collaborative translations of Natalia Toledo and Enriqueta Lunez have appeared in Phoneme Media and Ugly Duckling Presse.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42297574195335,"sku":"9781646053551","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/24e639c69f5ad04d11e5a1e4b3d7d7e0.webp?v=1738224434","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/carapace-dancer-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}