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Praise for At Night My Body Waits (Winner of the 2021 Two Sylvias Press Chapbook Prize judged by Victoria Chang):
Saúl Hernández's stunning book, At Night My Body Waits, contains multitudes. Hernández explores numerous themes such as grief, immigration, borders, the queer body, sexual abuse, politics, and much more. Put simply, the writing in this book is gorgeous: "Dreams run in my family. In mine I/nail water to the wall, it runs down//my hands and splashes at my feet..." or "I take sleeping pills sometimes,//I become heavy enough to not dream." These poems rely on language to create tension, to express the difficult road of self-acceptance and freedom. This is a coming of age story, of heartbreak, of struggle, of identity, of border, and ultimately of empowerment.
— Victoria Chang, Contest Judge and author of The Trees Witness Everything and Obit
Praise for At Night My Body Waits (Winner of the 2021 Two Sylvias Press Chapbook Prize judged by Victoria Chang):
Saúl Hernández's stunning book, At Night My Body Waits, contains multitudes. Hernández explores numerous themes such as grief, immigration, borders, the queer body, sexual abuse, politics, and much more. Put simply, the writing in this book is gorgeous: "Dreams run in my family. In mine I/nail water to the wall, it runs down//my hands and splashes at my feet..." or "I take sleeping pills sometimes,//I become heavy enough to not dream." These poems rely on language to create tension, to express the difficult road of self-acceptance and freedom. This is a coming of age story, of heartbreak, of struggle, of identity, of border, and ultimately of empowerment.
— Victoria Chang, Contest Judge and author of The Trees Witness Everything and Obit