WinneroftheLetrasLatinas/RedHenPoetryPrizeRuthIrup矇Sanabria’ssecondcollectionofpoetry,BeastsBehaveInForeignLandexaminestheinternallandscapeofafamilyconfrontingthepsychologicalandemotionalaftershocksofgenocideandexile.DrawingonherpersonalexperienceduringArgentina’smilitarydictatorship(1976to1983),thesepoemsemergefromthedefiningmomentinwhichshehadtheopportunitytotestifyinthetrialsagainsttheFifthArmyCorpsinBahiaBlanca,thirty-sevenyearsaftersoldierskidnapped,tortured,andimprisonedherparents.Weavingmetaphor,ekphrasis,andvoice,Sanabria’spoemspaytributetothewayswomeninherfamilyuseart,music,andtestimonytoprocesstheunspeakableandconfrontprofoundloss.WrittenintwosectionsandsetinvariouscitiesthroughoutArgentinaandtheUnitedStates,thepoemsinBeastsBehaveinForeignLandexploretheinsistenceandresiliencyoflove.
