age ~59
from Harrison, NJ
National Book Award finalistAlberto Ríos explains the world not through reason but magic. These poemsset in a town that straddles Mexico and Arizonaare lyric adventures, crossing two and three boundaries as easily as one, between cultures, between languages, between senses. Drawing upon fable, parab...
Author
Alberto Rios
Binding
Paperback
Pages
110
Publisher
Copper Canyon Press
ISBN #
155659173X
EAN Code
9781556591730
ISBN #
1
“Ríos writes in a serenely clear manner.”—The New York Times Book Review“Ríos’ verse inhabits a country of his own making, sometimes political, often personal, with the familiarity and pungency of an Arizona chili.”—The Christian Science MonitorFollowing the success of his National Book Award nomina...
Author
Alberto Rios
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
96
Publisher
Copper Canyon Press
ISBN #
1556592302
EAN Code
9781556592300
ISBN #
3
Capirotada, Mexican bread pudding, is a mysterious mixture of prunes, peanuts, white bread, raisins, milk, quesadilla cheese, butter, cinnamon and cloves, Old World sugar--"all this," writes Alberto Rios, "and things people will not tell you."Like its Mexican namesake, this memoir is a rich melange,...
Author
Alberto Alvaro Ríos
Binding
Paperback
Pages
157
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
ISBN #
0826320945
EAN Code
9780826320940
ISBN #
2
"Boldly playful, gymnastic and surreal."? Leslie Ullman, Kenyon Review
Author
Alberto Rios
Binding
Paperback
Pages
96
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN #
039330809X
EAN Code
9780393308099
ISBN #
7