Synopsis:

“Riley’s…[a] poet who writes like a master DJ: scratching metaphor, mixing cultures and remixing themes until he infiltrates your consciousness.”  -Willie Perdomo, Where a Nickle Costs a Dime, Smoking Lovely

“Riley’s poems are the necessary documents we must carry to ensure the safe crossing…a paint by numbers game of language, truth and funk.” -Marisela Norte, norteWord

“It is a skillfull dance Tomás performs to connect the mundane, the harsh and the ordinary with its lost ancestral source and to express that blood legacy with gentle, human clarity.” -Genny Lim, Child of War, Paper Angels

“One of the most exciting new voices to emerge in Chicano poetry that I’ve heard in a long time.”                    -Alejandro Murguía, Southern Front, This War Called Love

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Type of Work:

Poetry Collection

Publishers:

Calaca Press

Purchase From:

SPD Books
Calaca Press

Original Publish Date:

2005-12-05

ISBNs:

0-9717035-4-X

Formats:

paperback