“As a Filipino-American conscious of his multiple identities and the trove of experiences and external forces that shaped him, Gray uses the unfettered landscape of poetry to release himself and others from the limitations that aggrieve undocumented immigrants.” —New City Lit
Rooted in the experience of living in America as a queer undocumented Filipino, Documents maps the byzantine journey toward citizenship through legal records and fragmented recollections. In poems that repurpose the forms and procedures central to an immigrant’s experiences–birth certificates, identification cards, letters, and interviews–Jan-Henry Gray reveals the narrative limits of legal documentation while simultaneously embracing the intersections of identity, desire, heritage, love, and a new imagining of freedom.
Author: Jan-Henry Gray
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: BOA Editions
Published: 04/16/2019
Series: New Poets of America
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.90w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781942683742
Language: English
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