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National Poetry Month: Gabriel Dozal

About Blog Post Apr 5, 2024 by SCLSNJ Staff
National Poetry Month: Gabriel Dozal   Created by Bob Helmbrecht, collection development librarian Our National Poetry Month poet for today is Gabriel Dozal.  Dozal's bilingual English/Spanish debut collection, "The Border Simulator," was published in 2023 by One World. From the publisher's description: "In Gabriel Dozal’s debut collection, the U.S.-Mexico border is redefined as a place of invention; crossing it becomes a matter of simulation...With inventive imagery, spirited wordplay, and thrilling movement, these energetic poems oscillate between the harrowing and the joyful, interrogating, innovating, and ultimately redefining binaries and divisions." "The Border Simulator" has received quite a few excellent reviews. Author Sandra Cisneros said of the collection: "Word coyote Gabriel Dozal is crossing borders with this story. It's his job: narrative poetry discovering a new language. We, the readers, are the customs agent. Will we let it cross? It's the poet's job to smuggle this story to us, to issue it papers, without us realizing it. 'Language is expensive, / silence is expensive.' In the end, Dozal's poetry asks: Which side of the fence are you on?" You can read a couple of the author's poems on the Poetry Foundation website. Take a look, then check out "The Border Simulator" today!
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