39 hate groups are active in arizonaand 94 across the country use the word “patriot”or some derivative in their denominations in the child the game maintains the imprint of the metal on the page a prediction arrivesmoves from the extreme to the volume like a pendulum what’s written will always be insufficientfacing the tracking and its resemblance to the background the firearm became a state symbol two months after the shooting in Tucsonin 2019 when I was a student in El Paso a supremacist entered a supermarket and murdered23 how to say extreme without experiencing disorientation? the numerical scale dehumanizes minutes before he had posted in a forum a manifesto basedon the great replacement conspiracy theory before he could legally buyhis semiautomatic by filling out a simple form an avatar is an archive accumulated through impunity this line was made before the next statistic it’s not possible to deactivate mines with saliva and a rewritten hope the patriots pass themselves off as agents of la migra they cosplay as caricatures they seek trophies and they fire and they watch me from the cornerwith rifles i am here ➔• “you shouldn’t be here” says the man dressed in camouflage from the neighboringbooth what does a person dream who is hunted simulates shape constantly and numerically?an avatar is blur via value sometimes race means run in the loop aroundthe right to fear I think I need better camouflage must not be infringed 39 grupos de odio están activos en arizona Y94 en el país utilizan la palabra “patriot” o una derivación en sus denominaciones en el niño el juego mantiene la huella del metal a la página llega un pronósticova de extremo al volumen como péndulo lo escrito siempre será insuficiente ante el seguimiento y su parecido con el fondoel arma se estableció como símbolo estatal dos meses después de la matanza en Tucsonen el 2019 cuando estudiaba en El Paso un supremacista entró a un supermercado y asesinóa23 ¿cómo decir extremo sin experimentar desorientación? la escala numérica deshumaniza minutos antes había posteado en un foro un manifiesto basadoen la teoría conspiracionista la gran sustitución antes pudo comprar legalmente su semiautomática llenando un formulario simple un avatar es archivo acumulado por impunidad esta línea se hizo antes de la siguiente estadística no es posible desactivar minas con saliva y una esperanza reescrita los patriotas se hacen pasar por agentes de la migra se disfrazan de caricaturas buscan trofeos y disparan y me miran desde la esquinade rifles estoy aquí➔• “you shouldn’t be here” me dice el hombre con camuflaje desde el puestode al lado ¿qué sueña una persona a la que se le persigue simula forma constante y numérica?un avatar es desenfoque por valor a veces race significa corre en el bucle alrededordel derecho al miedo creo que necesito un mejor camuflaje no debe ser vulnerado
[39] from “Ley de la Feria/Law of the Fair”
Los datos sobre los grupos de odio provienen de la página web del The Southern Poverty Law Center. El verso “a veces race significa corre” viene del “American Arithmetic” de Natalie Diaz.
The data on hate groups come from The Southern Poverty Law Center website. The line “sometimes race means run” comes from the poem “American Arithmetic” by Natalie Diaz.
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“[39] from “Ley de la Feria/Law of the Fair”” from GAMEROVER: by Giancarlo Huapaya.
Published by Deep Vellum Publishing on May 13, 2025.
English Copyright © 2025 by Ryan Greene.
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Giancarlo Huapaya (Lima, Peru) is the author of the poetry collections Polisexual, Subverse Workshop, [gamerover] and procesos de separación. Huapaya is the Editorial Director of Cardboard House Press, a project dedicated to the publication of Latin American literature in translation. A curator of visual poetics, Huapaya has presented exhibitions at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts in San Francisco, the University of Arizona Poetry Center in Tucson and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. As a literary translator into Spanish, they have published translations of work by Muriel Rukeyser, C.D Wright, Susan Briante, Carmen Giménez Smith, Zêdan Xelef, among others. They live in Providence, RI, where they convene bookmaking workshops and poetry readings in Spanish through des/centro de poesía.
Dennis Dominguez
Through intertextual intervention, this anti-linear collection reconceives the archives of Phoenix, Arizona to create a counter-map of the city and its trajectories of supremacist violence. [gamerover] tracks trajectories of colonial enterprises, from the Arizona State Fair to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago to the Tornillo Detention Center in Texas, investigating the oppressions of each imperial form in spaces of recreation, exhibition, and spectacle.
“Huapaya seems submerged in an arsenal of data that consecrate him as a peripheral witness of a reality that strikes on different fronts and diverse subjectivities. Moreover, the construction of verses and textual sequences, refer to that fracturing of the method used in concrete music, of montage, or assembly. [gamerover] is a radical proposal, from a militant of humanity who uses his creeds with creativity and belligerence, with method, security and commitment.”
— José Carlos Picón, Círculo de Lectores
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