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From Unincorporated Territory [åmot] (National Book Award Winner)

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Notes From Your Bookseller
Notes From Your Bookseller

The very definition of poetry that rewards the reader. Visually and experimentally told, these poems offer healing in the face of loss in all its forms. This is innovative, inspiring poetry that appeals to any fan of the written word.

Winner of the National Book Award for Poetry, this collection of experimental and visual poems dives into the history and culture of the poet’s homeland, Guam.

This book is the fifth collection in Craig Santos Perez’s ongoing from unincorporated territory series about the history of his homeland, the western Pacific island of Guåhan (Guam), and the culture of his indigenous Chamoru people. “Åmot” is the Chamoru word for “medicine,” commonly referring to medicinal plants. Traditional Chamor...

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