Tarta Americana

Praise for J. Michael Martinez’s previous collection, Museum of the Americas:

“Diorama-like, this book displays what has been, in American culture, displayed, and thereby displaced. It is at once a natural history of American racism and colonialism, utterly devastating in its cumulative impact, and a gorgeous mash-up of genres and forms: bold, light, and ruthlessly smart.” —Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, "The Poetry I was Grateful for in 2018"

“This marvelous, argumentative and curiosity-provoking book is itself best thought of as a kind of corrective cabinet of wonders, one whose portraits and specimens complicate the dominant narratives of imperial conquest and control . . . Martinez’s approach is as brainy as it is entertaining, as political as it is personal.” —Kathleen Rooney, The New York Times Book Review

“Masterful . . . Martinez’s poems are dynamic personal doxologies of Mexican-American tradition and inheritance . . . Ambitious and historical, Martinez’s book earns praise.” —Nick Ripatrazone, The Millions

“[A] fascinating hybrid collection that explores how current events reflect long-held prejudices about Mexicans and people of color.” —The Washington Post