Author: Alberto RíosPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Mortality, family memories, dreams, and an understanding of human personality are depicted in brief poems.
Whispering to Fool the Wind
Author: Alberto RíosPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Mortality, family memories, dreams, and an understanding of human personality are depicted in brief poems.
A Small Story about the Sky
Author: Alberto RíosPublisher: Copper Canyon Press
ISBN: 1619321378
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
"Rios evokes the mysterious and unexpected forces that dwell inside the familiar."—The Washington Post "Ríos delivers another stunning book of poems, rich in impeccable metaphors, that revel in the ordinariness of morning coffee and the crackle of thunderous desert storms. In one sonnet, Ríos addresses injustice in the borderlands, capturing with mathematical precision the everyday struggles that many migrants face—'The border is an equation in search of an equals sign.' A series of sonnets about desert flora abounds with fantastic, magical imagery—'Bougainvilleas do not bloom—they bleed' and 'Apricots are eggs laid in trees by invisible golden hens.' Likewise, Ríos's bestiary sonnets overflow with inimitable similes, worthy of a book unto themselves—'Minnows are where a river’s leg has fallen asleep' and 'Gnats are sneezes still flying around.' This robust volume is the perfect place to start for readers new to Ríos and a prize for seasoned fans."—Booklist In his thirteenth book, Alberto Rios casts an intense desert light on the rich stories unfolding along the Mexico-US border. Peppered with Spanish and touches of magical realism, ordinary life and its simple props—morning showers, spilled birdseed, winter lemons—becomes an exploration of mortality and humanity, and the many possibilities of how lives might yet be lived. Mad Honey Made from magnificent rhododendron, poisonous rhododendron, Very difficult-to-pronounce rhododendron—whatever Rhododendron even is—I would have to look it up myself, This word sounding puffed up, peacocky with its Indianapolisly-long spelling, all those letters moving in and out. But the plant itself, the plant and the bees that find it: The bees see in its purple flower, first, a purple flower. They do not spell it. They do not live in fear of quizzes, Purple offering what it has to offer, unapologetic, without further Definition, purple irresistible to the artist's and to the bee's eye— Who can blame either one this first-grade impulse toward love? Purple, always wearing something low-cut . . . Alberto Rios is the Poet Laureate of Arizona and host of the PBS program Books & Co. He was a finalist for the National Book Award for his poetry volume The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body. He teaches at Arizona State University and lives in Chandler, Arizona.
Under the Whispering Door
Author: TJ KlunePublisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1250217334
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND INDIE BESTSELLER One of Buzzfeed's "Best Books of 2022"! An Indie Next Pick! A Locus Awards Top Ten Finalist for Fantasy Novel A Man Called Ove meets The Good Place in Under the Whispering Door, a delightful queer love story from TJ Klune, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The House in the Cerulean Sea. Welcome to Charon's Crossing. The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead are just passing through. When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own funeral, Wallace begins to suspect he might be dead. And when Hugo, the owner of a peculiar tea shop, promises to help him cross over, Wallace decides he’s definitely dead. But even in death he’s not ready to abandon the life he barely lived, so when Wallace is given one week to cross over, he sets about living a lifetime in seven days. Hilarious, haunting, and kind, Under the Whispering Door is an uplifting story about a life spent at the office and a death spent building a home. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Author: Oscar WildePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Imprisonment
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Teodoro Luna's Two Kisses
Author: Alberto RíosPublisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393308099
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third Annual International Conference on Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications, WASA 2008, held in Dallas, TX, USA, in October 2008. The 35 revised full papers presented together with 3 keynote talks and 15 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. Providing a forum for researchers and practitioners, from the academic, industrial and governmental sectors, the papers address current research and development efforts of various issues in the area of algorithms, systems and applications for current and next generation infrastructure and infrastructureless wireless networks.
Capirotada
Author: Alberto Alvaro RíosPublisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 0826327605
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
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, stirring together Rios's memories of family, neighbors, friends, and secrets from his youth in the two Nogaleses--in Arizona and through the open gate into Mexico. The vignettes in this memoir are not loud or fast. Yet like all of Rios's writing they are singular. Here is the story about a rickety magician, his chicken, and a group of little boys, but who plays a trick on whom? The story about the flying dancers and mortality. About going to the dentist in Mexico because it is cheaper, and maybe dangerous. About a British woman who sets out on a ship for America with the faith her Mexican GI will be waiting for her in Salt Lake City. And about the grown son who looks at his father and understands how he must ovide for his own boy. This book's uncommon offering is how it stops to address the quiet, the overlooked, the every day side of growing up. Capirotada is not about prison, or famous heroes. It is instead about the middle, which is often the most interesting place to find news. Capirotada was selected as the 2009 ONEBOOKAZ by the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records.
Locksley Hall
Author: Alfred Tennyson Baron TennysonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
The Dangerous Shirt
Author: Alberto RosPublisher: Copper Canyon Press
ISBN: 1556592981
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
National Book Award finalist Alberto Ríos returns with his signature desert Southwest magical-realism.
In Memoriam
Author: Alfred Tennyson Baron TennysonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Iguana Killer
Author: Alberto RíosPublisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826319227
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Set along the Southwestern border, these stories explore growing up Hispanic and weaving together three distinct worlds--Mexico, the United States, and childhood.