{"product_id":"fluent-in-the-languages-of-my-selves-isaiah-lopaz","title":"Fluent in the Languages of my Selves, Isaiah Lopaz","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his essay, the writer and artist Isaiah Lopaz tells of recovered memories, yearning desires and the bitter and painful disappointment that his place of refuge, Europe, became. His text powerfully bears witness to how, despite racism and exclusion, he finds himself in his diverse and polyphonic identities, where he develops his own poetic language and power. The text is accompanied by thirteen collages from the series \u003cem\u003eAnthology\/Appendix\u003c\/em\u003e, which deals with themes such as diaspora, desire, isolation and belonging. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFluent in the Languages of my Selves\u003c\/em\u003e opens the series \u003cem\u003eblue notes\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eBlue notes\u003c\/em\u003e publishes intersectional voices and invites us to explore marginalized experiences and perspectives in short literary and visual formats. Like the blues notes of the title, they create resistant dissonances. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsaiah Lopaz is a transdisciplinary artist and writer who works with collages, performances, text-based media and curated dialogue formats. Born on occupied Tongva land and raised in a working class African American home, Lopaz is a queer multilocal migrant of Geechee, Anishinaabe, and Muskogee heritage, based in Berlin, Bruxelles, and Rotterdam. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished by SHIFT BOOKS \u003cbr\u003eSoftcover \u003cbr\u003eGerman, English \u003cbr\u003e64 pages \u003cbr\u003e140 x 210 mm \u003cbr\u003eISBN 9783948174170\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SHIFT BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50818127397195,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/files\/FluentintheLanguagesofmySelves_IsaiahLopaz_Cover1.webp?v=1731412305","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/no\/products\/fluent-in-the-languages-of-my-selves-isaiah-lopaz","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}