At Least This I Know - Andrés N. Ordorica
At Least This I Know - Andrés N. Ordorica
The powerful debut collection from Andrés N. Ordorica exploring ancestry, racism, nationhood, activism and queerness in a journey through childhood to adulthood.
“Vivid, humane, caustic, brittle and witty” - Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth
ni de aquí, ni de allá
It starts neither here nor there, a liminal space between two states of being. A life captured within his lines, At Least This I Know guides the reader through Andrés N. Ordorica’s own story, of ancestry, nationhood, activism and queerness, through childhood photographs, across international highways, to tales of love and loss, and beyond.
These poems are a means of working through the belonging in both the physical sense and emotional, be it the belonging of immigrant bodies in new countries, or that of the queer self within found families and safe spaces.
Navigating his family origin and personal journey to belonging, from Mexico, the USA, to Scotland, it’s a story to be welcomed into, one that flows from the page and envelops you.