The Concrete River

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453259092

<DIV><DIV><b>A mesmerizing collection of poems of urban pain and immigrant alienation, humming with a current of genuine beauty and the pulse of life</b></div><DIV></div><DIV><i>The Concrete River</i>&rsquo;s poems are dispatches from city corners that CNN viewers never see, that few dare visit, and that fewer still manage to escape. Rodr&iacute;guez sings <i>corridos</i> of barrios and busted Chicanos trying to make it in L.A. and Chicago, from ballads of Watts&rsquo;s broken glass to blues played alongside a tequila bottle under an elevated train. But the music also captures moments of true beauty amid the hard urban surfaces, where the cries of the &rsquo;hood &ldquo;deliver sacrifices / of sound and flesh, / as a mother&rsquo;s milk flows,&rdquo; while love and community offer renewed hope.</div><DIV>&#160;</div><DIV>This ebook features an illustrated biography of Luis J. Rodr&iacute;guez including rare images from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div><DIV>&#160;</div></div>