The Shallow End of Sleep: Poems

by José Antonio Rodríguez

Jos Antonio Rodr guez's poetry is one of memory, both private and public. It is grounded in storytelling and lyricism that reveal a speaker's developing awareness as he traverses borders of nation, language, class, and sexuality. The poems move back and forth between a home left behind on the south side of the Rio Grande and a new home on the north side. Both awe-struck by and apprehensive of the world around him, the speaker searches for a way to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1882688414
• ISBN13: 9781882688418
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Tia Chucha Press
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"