{"product_id":"watcha-paperback","title":"Watcha - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStalina Emmanuelle Villarreal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough free verse, personal photographs, and prosaic gestures, \u003ci\u003eWatcha\u003c\/i\u003e by Stalina Emmanuelle Villarreal serves as a watching manifesto that unfolds, layering genres and media.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reader becomes a spectator of a gallery that curates Latinx, Afro-Latinx, and Indigenous art through ekphrastic poetry. On occasion, the viewer sees theoretical or anecdotal prose contextualizing art observation through introspection. With the codeswitching between English and Spanish as well as with the political implications of the artwork and personal history, the book's trajectory charts a vast terrain that ranges from an artistic standpoint, to border crossing, to belonging, to portraiture, to self-portraiture, to abstraction, to death, to a call for action. \u003ci\u003eWatcha\u003c\/i\u003e invites inquiry, a space for sight, memory, and consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStalina Emmanuelle Villarreal\u003c\/b\u003e (she\/they) sees, hears, feels, and communicates across mediums and\u003cbr\u003ecultures. She's a deep-watching ekphrastic poet, a photographic flash essayist, a broad-stroke sketch\u003cbr\u003eartist, a sonic improv performer, a sound-sensitive literary translator, and an assistant professor of\u003cbr\u003eEnglish. Their bilingualism stems from her 1.5-generation experience being both Mexican and Xicanx. Their poetry can be found in the \u003ci\u003eRio Grande Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTexas Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Acentos Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDefunkt Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Their published translations of poetry include \u003ci\u003eEnigmas\u003c\/i\u003e by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, \u003ci\u003ePhotograms of My Conceptual Heart, Absolutely Blind\u003c\/i\u003e by Minerva Reynosa, \u003ci\u003eKilimanjaro\u003c\/i\u003e by Maricela Guerrero, and \u003ci\u003ePostcards in Braille\u003c\/i\u003e by Sergio Pérez Torres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStalina is the recipient of the Inprint Donald Barthelme Prize in Poetry. Her visual poetry--spanning\u003cbr\u003equeer erotica, interactive digital art, and video installation--was part of the Antena@Blaffer exhibit\u003cbr\u003eat University of Houston's Blaffer Art Museum. She is currently writing ekphrastic elegies about her\u003cbr\u003einterpretative drawings of portraits and a memoir about her photographs of nature--revealing her\u003cbr\u003eability to look backward and within, to write new ways forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.8 x 7.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42153020850311,"sku":"9781646053070","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f46ce9bec6cb105af3967366f9a86eab.webp?v=1733218313","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/watcha-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}