Dangerous Shirt

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ISBN: 9781556592980

ISBN-10: 1556592981

ISBN-13: 9781556592980

Edition: 2009

Authors: Alberto Rios

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ldquo;Riacute;osrsquo;s verse inhabits a country of his own making, sometimes political, often personal, with the familiarity and pungency of an Arizona chili.rdquo;- The Christian Science Monitorldquo;Alberto Riacute;os is . . . arguably the best Latino poet writing in English today.rdquo;- Prairie SchoonerAlberto Riacute;osrsquo;s new poems-magical wormholes through mundane reality-create an improbably true space where human bodies fall through floorboards, prickly feelings of limbs ldquo;fallen asleeprdquo; are stars buzzing under the skin, and ironed shirts hanging in a closet take on a foreboding sense of danger. Together they are a book of magical realism and cultural physics seeking…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Publication date: 5/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Alberto Rios teaches at Arizona State University and is the author of eight books of poetry, three collections of short stories, an a memoir. His book The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body was nominated for the National Book Award in Poetry.