Description
YOUR FINGERS IN MY PANTIES WHILE ON MY PERIOD
Book summary
This collection of poems, first published in 1999, is the second work by Lupe Gómez and one of the most provocative titles of her career. Within its pages, the Galician author unfolds a visceral poetry that combines the violence of a boxing ring with the fragility of a laugh or a musical tremor. The poems, brief and minimal, explore intimacy from a perspective that is raw, dirty, and at the same time drunk on purity. The reader will find unforgettable verses that strike with the force of a boxer, in a work that retains its poetic power and extraordinary beauty intact decades after its first edition.
What is it about?
Lupe Gómez conceives each poem as a limit experience: a laugh, a boxing tear, a brief tremor of music. The author approaches poetry from a mysterious place, as if the most intimate relationships were always foreign countries that love and do not know each other. The work moves between celebration and pain, between filth and the search for a purifying intoxication. The verses, brief in composition and not devoid of humor, explore violence and innocence as two sides of the same coin. It is a book that vindicates a dirty poetry that aspires to maximum cleanliness, in an unstable balance between the profane and the sublime.
Main themes
- Intimacy as a foreign and unknown territory.
- Poetry as a limit physical and emotional experience (laughter, crying, violence, intoxication).
- The duality between the dirty and the pure, the violent and the innocent.
- Humor as a poetic tool to address the provocative.
- Brevity and minimal expression as a form of lyrical impact.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at readers of contemporary poetry who seek a radical voice, without concessions and with a strong emotional charge. It is ideal for those who appreciate current Galician poetry and wish to get to know one of the most unsettling careers in the literary scene. Also for those interested in poetry that breaks with the conventional, that does not fear the provocative, and that finds beauty in the harsh and the minimal.
What this book offers
- An intense and direct poetic experience, with verses that seek immediate impact.
- The discovery of a unique voice in contemporary Galician poetry, with a work that has moved thousands of readers.
- A reflection on intimacy, violence, and purity from an original and provocative perspective.
- The opportunity to read in Spanish some of the most unforgettable verses of recent decades.
- An approach to poetry as a space of celebration, pain, and intoxication, far from the academic and the predictable.
Technical data
- Author: GOMEZ, LUPE
- Publisher: EDICIONES LA UÑA ROTA
- Language: Spanish
- Topic: POETRY
- Collection: LIBROS INUTILES
- Date of publication: October 2023
- Number of pages: 128
- Weight: 167 g
Editorial review
This reissue of Your fingers in my panties while on my period recovers a key work of contemporary Galician poetry that, despite the time elapsed since its original publication, maintains its capacity to shock intact. Lupe Gómez's proposal is relevant for those who seek poetry that does not bow to the conventional, that explores the limits of language and emotion with brutal honesty. Its brevity and strength make it an impactful and memorable read, especially for readers interested in the most radical voices of current poetry.