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A captivating, no-holds-barred collection of new poems from an acclaimed poet and novelist with a fierce and original voice Dothead is an exploration of selfhood both intense and exhilarating. Within the first pages, Amit Majmudar asserts the claims of both the self and the other: the title poem shows us the place of an Indian American teenager in the bland surround of a mostly white peer group, partaking of imagery from the poet’s Hindu tradition; the very next poem is a fanciful autobiography, relying for its imagery on the religious tradition of Islam. From poems about the treatment at the airport of people who look like Majmudar (“my dark unshaven brothers / whose names overlap with the crazies and God fiends”) to a long, freewheeling abecedarian poem about Adam and Eve and the discovery of oral sex, Dothead is a profoundly satisfying cultural critique and a thrilling experiment in language. United across a wide range of tones and forms, the poems inhabit and explode multiple perspectives, finding beauty in every one.
Hardcover: 120 pages
Publisher: Knopf (March 29, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1101947071
ISBN-13: 978-1101947074
Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 0.8 x 9.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #496,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #41 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Themes & Styles > Family #46 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Poetry > Regional & Cultural > United States > Asian American #57224 in Books > Literature & Fiction > United States
He is able to synthesize and integrate diverse universes. His writing is insightful and moving. His words are his passion.
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