Hybrid
Tropico
- Publisher
- Metatron Press
- Published
- September 2017
- Pages
- 72
- Price
- $16.00
- ISBN
- 9781988355078
- Language
- English
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The team behind the book
- Editing
- Jay Ritchie
- Cover
- Sidney Masuga
today I tried to type
dad
and it autocorrected
to sad
and I thought
isn’t that always the way
I am sorry
I could not come to your party
because of my sad
do you know about my sad?
Tropico, Marcela Huerta’s debut collection of poetry, tackles grief, memory, and the experiences of a second-generation immigrant. The daughter of political refugees from Chile, Huerta shares memories of her recently departed father, who becomes a symbol for Chilean culture and leftist resistance after his passing. Through the intimate detailing of everyday occurrences, Tropico reveals how intergenerational trauma disrupts childhood and lays bare the lived effects of American imperialism.
Description from the publisher Metatron Press, seen in October 2026 · Source ↗
Also by Marcela Huerta
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Tropico Marcela Huerta
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The Saddle Hurts, Too Breezy
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knot body Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch
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Confirmation Bias Ivanna Baranova
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Ambient Technology Ashley Obscura
From Metatron Press
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Aqueous Mind Bath
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Wavering Futures Kawai Shen
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Lateral Sway Hannah Karpinski
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all the time Xiaoxuan Huang
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Opening Ceremony Laura Marie Marciano
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Continuum Ivanna Baranova
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The Snakes Came Back Lora Mathis
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The Choice Is Real Jayson Keery
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Little Fury Casey Bell
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Thirty Marie Darsigny
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Para-Social Butterfly Šari Dale
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New Infinity Bára Hladík
