{"title":"Yaccaira Salvatierra","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBorn in Los Ángeles, California, Yaccaira Salvatierra is a poet, translator, and dedicated educator teaching for over 20 years while raising her two sons as a single parent. Her debut collection, \u003cem\u003eSons of Salt \u003c\/em\u003e(BOA, 2024) was deemed one of the \"Best Books for Adults 2024\" by the New York Public Library. She earned her BA at the University of California at Santa Cruz, an MA at San José State University, and an MFA at Randolph College. She received the Dorrit Sibley Award for Poetry and the Puerto del Sol Poetry Prize. She has been awarded the Lucille Clifton Memorial Scholarship as a fellow at the Community of Writers Workshop, and scholarships for the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference, Bread Loaf Translator’s Conference, and Macondo. She is an organizer for the San Francisco International Flor y Canto Literary Festival and lives in Oakland, CA, where she teaches literacy and poetry to youth.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sons-of-salt","title":"Sons of Salt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2025 International Latino Book Award and deemed one of the \"Best Books for Adults 2024\" by the New York Public Library.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolcanic eruptions and waves collide in Yaccaira Salvatierra’s explosive debut collection \u003ci\u003eSons of Salt, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich explores the duality of personal and political landscapes as well as legacies of violence within Mexican-American communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSons of Salt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e poignantly captures the experiences of mothers who battle for their sons’ wellbeing, particularly when fathers are absent due to systemic oppressions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSalvatierra’s verse breaks the bones of poetic form to bring attention to the failures of a conceptually western God who has categorically failed to protect His children, and gives birth instead to a god of nature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWeaving self-made mythology, mourning, and maternal fear into visual and narrative poems, Salvatierra creates a collection that probes the deepest hurt to ensure the holiest redemption.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSons of Salt\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Sons of Salt \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eholds the memories of water and of fire—those forces in ourselves and the world that are best at transformation. These poems contend with the tensions of form and formlessness, place and displacement, generations of family and regeneration. They keep dreaming their way back to the lessons we learned about ourselves and each other in the shadows of home.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Traci Brimhall, Poet Laureate of Kansas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Sons of Salt \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eoffers indelible proof that whatever breaks—even familial bonds, even the heart—can be pieced together again. Love is imperfect, fragile, but never ever lost. Yaccaira \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSalvatierra’s poems are inventive, dazzling, and achingly beautiful!” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Rigoberto González, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Ruin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“A mythical interpretation of motherhood, selfhood, and the chimeric profundity of their meeting point. There isn’t another book like this that explores the complexities and fears of loving a son.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Phillip B. Williams, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMutiny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIII. PROTECTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eShe opens her eyes \u0026amp; is blinded by the sun.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOnce her eyes adjust, she finds herself walking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eon a shore with an elderly woman she does\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003enot recognize. “Am I dead?” she asks the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ewoman. “Yes \u0026amp; no,” she replies. She looks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003epast the elderly woman \u0026amp; sees a cliff with long\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003etiered balconies, rooms caved on the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ecliffsides. Long-robed beings of light are\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ewalking across. “If I am not dead or alive, why\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eam I here? What is my purpose?” she\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003econtinues. “Your purpose is to return to the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eliving \u0026amp; call out to them. Whoever hears you,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eguide \u0026amp; protect.” [I think about my sons \u0026amp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ehow they will eventually leave my side. I think\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eof my brothers, how they are not alone.]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46519430152421,"sku":"","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46519430185189,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook","offer_id":46519430217957,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/files\/9781960145277_FC.jpg?v=1713291550"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/collections\/Yaccaira_2021_Photo_1.jpg?v=1713295341","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/collections\/yaccaira-salvatierra.oembed","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}