English and Spanish versions of the poems are side by side in the book.
, tells stories of a brother and sister who attempt to cross the border in search of a better life. Dozal says that inspiration for the pair of siblings came from stories he’d heard of his own family members’ experiences at the border.
The poems are all written in English and Spanish, each one translating slightly differently to account for clever or figurative language. Tiniacos says that bilingual readers get a rich, multi-dimensional experience reading both versions. Dozal — who grew up in El Paso, Texas, and has family in Juarez, Mexico — says that the general perception and polarization of the border don’t match up with his experiences. In the book, the border is represented as a simulation.“I'm fascinated by the screens that have changed our lives,” Dozal says. “What we see on our screens doesn't always match up with reality, whether that's something in the news, whether that's a dating site, whatever that is.
In his writing Dozal personifies the border, using poetic devices to reveal complex contradictions. He says that the border is hard to define, even for someone like him who’s lived near it most of his life. “I feel like the border is part of my personhood, part of my blood,” Dozal says. “The border is this intricate machine. It’s this intricate world where language, culture, politics collide. I think it defies definition in that way.”Excerpted from"The Border Simulator" by Gabriel Dozal. Copyright © 2023. Reprinted with the permission of Penguin Random House.
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