Corral being the first latino poet to be honored by the yale series of younger poets, and his book slow lightning has received enthusiastic responses from critics and readers alike. Corrals slow lightning yale university press, 2012. Corral has received numerous honors and awards, including the discoverythe nation award and a fellowship from the national endowment. Im performing an autopsy on my shadow, writes eduardo c. Hammer museum ucla chicano studies research center. He is the author of guillotine, forthcoming in 2020 from graywolf press, and slow lightning, winner of the 2011 yale series of younger poets. Elliptically narrative, imagistic, musical, and fabular, the poems in corrals debut poetry collection, slow lightning, explore the shadowy borderlands of both.
His first book slow lightning was published by yale university press in 2012 as the winner of the yale younger series poets prize. In her reading of eduardo corrals poetry, rodriguez y gibson suggests that corrals formal experimentation with the visual as both form and content challenges ways of knowing both chicanao poetics, as well as chicanao subjectivity. First theres a build, as pieces of storm weather collide and negatively charge the bellies of clouds. His first collection, slow lightning, published by yale university press, was the winner of the 2011 yale younger series poets award, making him the first latino recipient of this prize. I then found out that carl phillips had chosen eduardos first book slow lightning as his inaugural choice as judge for the yale series of younger poets prize the first latino poet to ever be so honored and emailed carl for eduardos contact info, so i. Corral, who writes poetry in both english and spanish, holds degrees from arizona state university and the university of iowa writers workshop. Online slow lightning yale series of younger poets for full. Hammer museum poetry reading eduardo corral thursday, april 28, 2016, at 7. Elliptically narrative, imagistic, musical, and fabular, the poems in corrals debut poetry collection, slow lightning, explore the shadowy borderlands of both gay and chicano identity while adapting and altering. His honors include a whiting award, a national endowment for the arts fellowship, a holmes national poetry prize, and a hodder fellowship. Eduardo c corral reads in colorado my father scoured and.
Corral is the first hispanic poet to be published in the series, the oldest annual literary award in the country. Corral is the first latino poet to win the competition. Corral seamlessly blends english and spanish in slow lightning. Corral was born in casa grande, arizona to higinio and socorro corral.
Corral earned degrees from arizona state university and the university of iowa writers workshop. Sitting down to read it, one enters a space that at first seems familiar, and quickly reveals itself as completely new. Corral has been honored with a discoverythe nation award 2005, new millennium writings award, whiting fellowship 2011, yale younger series poets 2011, and. Corral is an awardwinning american poet and teacher. Corral is the 2011 recipient of the yale series of younger poets award, joining such distinguished previous winners. Corral is the author of guillotine, forthcoming in august 2020 from graywolf press, and slow lightning, selected by carl phillips as the winner of the 2011 yale series of younger poets, making him the first latino recipient of the award. His first book of poetry, slow lightning 2012, won the yale younger poets prize, making him the first latino recipient of the award. Corrals poems in poetry and was knocked out by them. Seamlessly braiding english and spanish, corrals poems hurtle across literary and linguistic borders toward a lyricism that slows down experience. Corrals poetry collection slow lightning was chosen by carl phillips for the prestigious yale younger series poets prize, and he is the first latino poet chosen for the prize. His first collection, slow lightning, published by yale.
Corral, author of slow lightning dead white men is not only a searing indictment of colonialism but also a painful reminder of the violence that underpins the logic of exploration. Corral is the 2011 recipient of the yale series of younger poets award, joining. His debut collection of poetry, slow lightning 2012, won the yale younger poets prize, making him the first latino recipient of the award. That book uses restlessness, in form, lexicons, languages, and styles to define a new way of living and thinking in otherness that is both homage to literary precursors as well as a treatise for healing and futurity for writers of color. Corral became the first latino to receive the prestigious yale prize for younger poets when his debut, slow lightning, was selected by carl phillips as winner of the 2011 award. Corral is the author of slow lightning, selected by poet carl philips in 2012 for the yale series of younger poets. Corral is an american poet and mfa assistant professor in the department of english at nc state university. Winner of the yale younger poets prize, slow lightning is an astonishing debut book from eduardo c. Corral is an awardwinning american poet and teacher, and author of the collection slow lightning. Corrals slow lightning yale university press, 2012 is a small, ambitious book with some of the most powerful poems i have ever read. Corral being the first latino poet to be honored by the yale series of younger poets, and his book slow lightning has received enthusiastic. Apr 03, 2012 corral seamlessly blends english and spanish in slow lightning. Craig morgan teicher, publishers weekly he mixes colloquial spanish and english, and he packs many, many lines with sharp, sensual, specific imagerythis is technicolor poetry. In to the beastangel, corral writes, you release the finch.
Here, i will argue that to deal with dusk is to begin to deal with, and think about, what it means to negotiate being a u. More can be found on ploughshares and at the poetry foundation. Corral is the 2011 recipient of the yale series of young. Corral, 9780300178937, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Slow lightning was also a finalist for the 2012 publishing triangle thom gunn award for gay poetry. Hes the winner of a yale younger series poets prize. Select warprize elizabeth vaughan epub below as you want, and reading online or download it as a pdf, epub or kindle. He holds degrees from arizona state university and the iowa writers workshop. His debut collection of poetry, slow lightning2012, won the yale younger poets prize, making him the first latino recipient of the award. Please use the comments box below to share other resources you may have found for this poet. Slow lightning, eduardo corral the big book of exit strategies, jamaal may the end of pink, kathryn nuernberger the lake has no saint, stacey waite these four are contemporary collections of poetry. Corral is the first latino poet to receive the yale series of younger poets prize, for his first book slow lightning. Join us for a reading with poet and educator eduardo c. Image, time, and an erotics of reading, eliza rodriguez y gibson, loyola marymount university.