{"product_id":"old-music-island","title":"Old Music Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForthcoming in September 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA translated collection from one of the defining poetic voices in Cuban and Mexican literature. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOld Music Island\u003c\/em\u003e is a sensuous, dreamlike poetry collection by Odette Alonso, a leading voice in contemporary Cuban and Mexican literature. Born in Santiago de Cuba and living in Mexico since 1992, Alonso is an award-winning poet whose work transforms exile, desire, and memory into sites of lyrical and emotional intensity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese poems move to the rhythm of nostalgia and smoke. The collection begins with a dream of light and song. The intimate encounter, always an island, is surrounded by the sea experience, and an exchange of glances is but a threshold into the vast expanse. Then comes fear, the fuss of hands, brackish tongue, a conflagration. Only those daring to enter will learn the patterns of the tide and the arrhythmia of the heart. The collection is a somatic encounter of tastes, touch, comings and goings, surprise, and seduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Liz Rose, whose work bridges lyric practice, trans theory, and feminist thought, \u003cem\u003eOld Music Island \u003c\/em\u003eoffers an English-language rendering that honors the book’s lush musicality and charged physical presence. This is poetry of fleeting contact and lasting imprint—an invitation to listen closely, and to cross the threshold.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51697221632298,"sku":"9781803096704","price":99.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/2837\/6618\/files\/9781803096704.jpg?v=1782809272","url":"https:\/\/seagullbooks.org\/products\/old-music-island","provider":"Seagull Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}