{"product_id":"hotel-pacoima-paperback","title":"Hotel Pacoima - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Caylo-Baradi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A hail of angels hovers on the margins of a story, \/ restless for the moral center of its myth.\" In these two lines, Michael Caylo-Baradi gives us a key to entering his poems. The poet lives as much as he can live in the City of Angels, Los Angeles, which has no geographical center, let alone a moral center. How does one love? Where is L.A. nature? L.A. beauty? In \u003ci\u003eHotel Pacoima \u003c\/i\u003e, we're given to see the new, rare forms that love and nature and beauty can take.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Maxine Hong Kingston, \u003ci\u003eWoman Warrior\u003c\/i\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"First, we push the children into their games and giggles, to insulate them from obscenities circulating in the kitchen \/ [...] We never incriminate ourselves for murdering intransitive options \/ We just chew \u0026amp; masticate them at the dinner table, to fill the marrows of our fears\" (\"Upward Mobility\"). In Michael Caylo-Baradi's \u003ci\u003eHotel Pacoima \u003c\/i\u003e, the power of poetry allows savagery and tenderness to hold hands; gives evidence that an iconic mundane can down-size the profound. And warm moonlit waters welcome the brave suicidal. In this poetry collection, robust humanity mingles comfortably and dares to reside with the inevitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Reme Grefalda, \u003ci\u003ebaring more than soul \u003c\/i\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003ci\u003eHotel Pacoima \u003c\/i\u003e are grounded in geographies and places, whether these be named locations like LA or Tangier, or the more intimate spaces of home and family. Michael Caylo-Baradi's writing draws out the lyric potential embedded in all of these places, capable of making even a dumpsite into \"a place of communion\" (\"Neighborhood Watch\") for the reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Ian Chung, \u003ci\u003eEunoia Review\u003c\/i\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 56\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.13 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 27, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42099388612743,"sku":"9781954353336","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4b5bc18eec7c10f627f0b7edd19dcb1e.webp?v=1732373418","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/hotel-pacoima-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}