Catrachos: Poems, Roy G. Guzmán
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Roy G. Guzmán’s acclaimed debut Catrachos blends immigration narrative, queer coming-of-age, elegy, and mythic imagination into a bold, unforgettable collection. From family histories and lost voices to pop culture and the flamboyant “Queerodactyl,” these poems move between worlds with emotional depth, humor, and visionary power. A striking tribute to resilience and queer identity, this book introduces a major new poetic talent.
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Catrachos: Poems
Paperback – May 5, 2020
by Roy G. Guzmán (Author)
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Roy G. Guzmán’s electrifying debut, Catrachos, announces a singular poetic voice shaped by migration, memory, queerness, and the fierce inheritance of survival. Named for a term that signifies the people of Honduras, the book embraces its cultural lineage with both reverence and defiance, weaving together stories of belonging and displacement with arresting emotional clarity.
These poems traverse the borders between countries, identities, and even life and death, calling forth the lost, the silenced, and the forgotten. Guzmán blends elegy and autobiography with mythic invention, invoking a kaleidoscope of influences—family history, queer awakening, pop icons, superheroes, and the unforgettable “Queerodactyl,” a flamboyant, defiant dinosaur who refuses extinction. Through these surreal, dazzling images, the collection explores what it means to grow up queer and immigrant in America, how communities carry pain and joy, and how the dead continue to speak through us.
With extraordinary imagination, humor, and musicality, Catrachos redefines what contemporary poetry can hold. It is a testament to resilience, a celebration of queer possibility, and a powerful debut from a poet whose voice is urgently needed and impossible to forget.
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