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- Names Above Houses
- Book
- 2001
- Published by: Southern Illinois University Press
- Series: Crab Orchard Series in Poetry
summary
In Names above Houses, Oliver de la Pazuses both prose and verse poems to create the magical realm of Fidelito Recto—a boy who wants to fly—and his family of Filipino immigrants. Fidelito’s mother, Maria Elena, tries to keep her son grounded while struggling with her own moorings. Meanwhile, Domingo, Fidelito's fisherman father, is always at sea, even when among them. From the archipelago of the Philippines to San Francisco, horizontal and vertical movements shape moments of displacement and belonging for this marginalized family. Fidelito approaches life with a sense of wonder, finding magic in the mundane and becoming increasingly uncertain whether he is in the sky or whether his feet are planted firmly on the ground.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page
- p. 4
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xiv
- In the Year of the Rat
- pp. 3-10
- The Romance of Bait
- pp. 11-26
- Insects in Maria Elena’s Kitchen
- pp. 13-28
- The Flood of Ants
- pp. 14-29
- Before Takeoff, Fidelito Prays
- pp. 16-31
- Fidelito Sails over Manila
- pp. 17-32
- On His First Flight Over
- pp. 18-33
- Fidelito Haunts Airports
- pp. 19-34
- On the Downward Escalator
- pp. 20-35
- School Years
- pp. 25-40
- Fidelito Takes Flight up a Ladder
- pp. 28-43
- She Leaves the Water Running
- pp. 30-45
- From the Ocean, Fidelito Pulls
- pp. 32-47
- The Fisherman’s Chronicle
- pp. 33-48
- In Sleep He Practices Flying
- pp. 35-50
- Three Madonnas
- pp. 36-51
- The Fourth Madonna
- pp. 37-52
- Carpenter Ants
- pp. 38-53
- A Cupboard Full of Halos
- pp. 40-55
- Fidelito Dreams the Village
- pp. 41-56
- Domingo, Too Old for Fishing
- pp. 42-57
- The Romance of the Television
- pp. 43-58
- When Fidelito Says He’ll Fly Away
- pp. 44-59
- Domingo’s Advice for Fidelito
- pp. 45-60
- Origami Dove
- pp. 48-63
- Mind-Swimming
- pp. 53-68
- After the Boy Goes to Bed
- pp. 54-69
- Domingo’s Blood Clot
- pp. 55-70
- The Romance of the Amputated Leg
- pp. 56-71
- How Domingo Disappears
- pp. 57-72
- In the Dream with Blue Snow
- pp. 58-73
- The Death of Domingo Recto
- pp. 59-74
- What Fidelito Knows of His Father
- pp. 60-61
- Maria Elena Puts His Good Shoes Away
- pp. 62-77
- What the Kitchen Was
- pp. 63-78
- The Way the Blessed Mourn
- pp. 64-79
- Earth and Sky
- pp. 65-80
- Birds and Their Various Fevers
- pp. 66-81
- A Plan to Control the Weather
- pp. 67-82
- Under the Stained Glass Saints
- pp. 68-83
- The Puzzle of Kites
- pp. 69-84
- The Box of Stars
- pp. 70-85
- What the Laundry Told Maria Elena
- pp. 71-86
- Wren Jealousies
- pp. 72-87
- With the Grace of Basket Weavers
- pp. 77-92
- Other Books in the Series
- pp. 79-94
- Back Cover
- p. 95
Additional Information
ISBN
9780809390205
Related ISBN(s)
9780809323821
MARC Record
OCLC
828870099
Pages
96
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2001