The book of ruin / Rigoberto González.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

González, Rigoberto, author.

Contributor:

Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

86 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Tribeca/New York, NY : Four Way Books, [2019]

Contents:

The book of lost souls. A brief history of fathers searching for their sons (Parable ; The Mexican Revolution ; Tsunami ; 43 ; Portrait of a father after his son's memorial service) ; The incredible story of Las Poquianchis of Guanajuato (Las ánimas I ; The gospel according to María Luisa ; El Tepocate's tattoos ; Corrido de la Poquianchi Jesusa ; The fourth sister's daughter ; Death to María Delfina ; The return of el Poquianchi ; Las ánimas II) ; Hagiography of Brother Fire and Sister Smoke (Brother Fire ; Sister Smoke) ; El coyote and the furies on the Day of the Dead ; The ghosts of Ludlow, 1914-2014

The book of ruin. Apocalipsixtlán (New beginning ; Mother ; The story of the muddies ; In pursuit ; Signs of the end of the world ; The brittle man of clay ; Birth of the trainees ; Carnival of cannibals ; The flying men of Mexico ; Game of whispers ; Fate of the smaller ones ; A second crack in the earth).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

ISBN:

9781945588327

1945588322

OCLC:

1041561471

Publisher Number:

99981238324