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Eduardo C. Corral’s *Guillotine* is a second collection that deepens the poetic exploration of migration, border politics, and personal grief. In a series of striking, often bilingual poems, Corral gives voice to undocumented immigrants, border‑patrol agents, and scorned lovers. His work confronts the violence and yearning that pervade the border zone, using the desert’s stark terrain as a backdrop for tales of loss, betrayal, and survival. The collection’s seamless blend of Spanish and English highlights the linguistic realities of border life, creating layered, graffiti‑like images that linger in the reader’s mind.
First publish date: 2020
Genre: Poetry/Contemporary Poetry
Authors: Eduardo C. Corral
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