Liminal
by David Bowles
Life in the borderlands turns the poet's eye to similar spaces beyond that immediate cultural intersection, be they physical, temporal, or interior. Gifted with the ability to "see double," as Gloria Anzaldúa terms this vantage point, the poet who stands in between can more readily understand creative and emotional states of chaos and change as being similarly liminal. In his second book of original poetry, David Bowles explores the interstices between languages, ethnicities, genders, generational groups, political affiliations and more, employing a wide range of poetic forms as a fulcrum for revelation and change.
About the Author
David Bowles is a Mexican American author and translator from South Texas, where he works as an associate professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Among his three dozen award-winning books are Flower, Song, Dance: Aztec and Maya Poetry; They Call me Guero; Ancient Night; and The Prince & the Coyote. David presently serves as the president of the Texas Institute of Letters.