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All My Heroes Are Broke
All My Heroes Are Broke | Ariel Francisco
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Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. ALL MY HEROES ARE BROKE is a poetry collection written from the perspective of a first generation American coming to terms with the implicit struggles and disillusionment of the "American Dream." The first section takes place in New York, both implicitly and explicitly, and serves to introduce the speaker and reveal aspects of his family's history. The second section takes place in Florida, and continues to further exemplify the speaker's growing cynicism towards the circumstances of his life, and the peculiar atmosphere of solitude that it creates. ALL MY HEROES ARE BROKE primarily uses two forms: short, image driven poems inspired by the works of Robert Bly and Po Chu-I; and longer narrative poems that reveal more personal information about the speaker, in the manner of Li-Young Lee and Frank O'Hara, allowing the speaker to project his own life onto the surroundings and the people of those larger communities.
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jmtrivera
All My Heroes Are Broke | Ariel Francisco
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1. Including my daughter's stacks, tons of little stacks, but most of them are near our bookshelves or beds.
2. Tagged book is stacked on closest bookshelf.
@NAM99 @AlizaApp

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jmtrivera
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#7Days7Books
Day 5: I've never been a poetry person, but this collection by my brother's friend changed my mind COMPLETELY, and I recommend it to everyone. I've been waiting on the edge of my seat for his latest to arrive since it came out on Tuesday. (I did pre-order it, but clearly the shipping service wants me to enjoy the suspense.) I'll keep everyone updated.

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jmtrivera
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Only one #favoritetitle today because as previously mentioned, my shelves are a mess. But also, I really enjoyed this book of poetry. #riotgrams

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jmtrivera
All My Heroes Are Broke | Ariel Francisco
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A day late, but this is the book that made me want to read more #poetry! The writer references a lot of other poets in his work as well, and I'm thinking of going and exploring those first!

#Hopintospring

wanderinglynn ❤️ this poem. 7y
jmtrivera @wanderinglynn I don't even know the right words for this one. 7y
vkois88 Wow 7y
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jmtrivera
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This may sound biased since the author is my brother's friend, but I'm not usually a poetry person. Even so, Francisco's collection was so hard to put down for me. I really liked his imagery, emotions, and wit. I ended up ordering my own copy, which is saying something, since I don't think I've ever bought myself a book of poetry that wasn't Shakespeare. I'll be revisiting this when it arrives for sure!

Cinfhen Great cover and title 💜 7y
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jmtrivera
All My Heroes Are Broke | Ariel Francisco
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My brother has had a group of friends for years whom I always call my little brothers. One of them is a poet, whose work I'm enjoying with my daughter tonight.

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