JuarOz: A Poetic Fiction - Paperback

by Ger Killeen (Author)

In this sequence of texts, award-winning poet Ger Killeen explores the tortuous intersection of economics, femicide, gender, narcoculture, and language at the Mexican-U.S. border. Centered on the city of Juárez, the narratives in this book portray a series of hellish scenarios through the voices of the victims of economic and gender violence, the perpetrators of horrifying crimes, and the complicit bystanders. Both lyrical and terrible, this short book evokes the inner and outer geographies of experiences long repressed beneath kitschy platitudes north of la frontera.

Author Biography

Ger Killeen is the author of several books of poetry including 'Lia A Léimfidh Thar Tonnta: A Stone That Will Leap Over The Waves' (Trask House, 1999), 'A Wren' (Bluestem Press, winner of the Bluestem Award for Poetry), 'Signs Following' (Parlor Press, 2005), and 'Blood Orbits' (Parlor Press 2009) His work also appears in several anthologies including 'From Here We Speak' (Oregon State University Press), 'American Poetry: The Next Generation' (Carnegie-Mellon University Press), and 'The Gertrude Stein Awards' (Green Integer). He is the poetry editor at Elohi Gadugi Journal, and at The Habit of Rainy Nights Press. He teaches at Marylhurst University near Portland, Oregon.