Boy Kingdom / El reino de los varones,The
Poems / Poemas
$34.03
- Paperback
152 pages
- Release Date
21 October 2025
Summary
Just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month comes another brilliant bilingual poetry collection by Achy Obejas–a meditation on being a queer mom to two sons
These 44 prose poems, artful yet accessible, presented in both Spanish and English versions, immerse us in the boy kingdom that Achy Obejas inhabits with her two sons. They move from the wild and divine spirit of boyhood to the everyday rhythms of family life–mac’n’cheese, television, sick days home from school.
Achy carries …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780807017531 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0807017531 |
| Author: | Achy Obejas |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press |
| Imprint: | Beacon Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 152 |
| Release Date: | 21 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
| Series: | Raised Voices |
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Critics Review
“Heart-bending … Unreel[s] like a snippet of cinema joining to tell one of our most traditionally elusive stories—the tenacious bond between mothers and sons.”
—Patricia Smith, author of Blood Dazzler
“Shows us how our families, our lovers, and our histories forever reshape our devotions.”
—Manuel Muñoz, author of The Consequences
“Obejas unravels the myth of family kingdoms… . What a gift she has given us!”
—Tim Z. Hernandez, author of Some of the Light
“Mind-boggling, unpredictable, heart-quaking.”
—Rachel Galvin, author of Uteropia
“A union of poems that are unyielding in their fierce honesty and transparent in their raw tenderness.”
—Emily Hooper Lansana, artistic director, SOL Collective: Storytelling by Women of Color
About The Author
Achy Obejas
Achy Obejas is a Cuban American writer, translator, and activist whose work focuses on personal and national identity. Her creative work has won two Lambda Awards and her journalism has won a shared Pulitzer Prize. A native of Havana, she currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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