González, R. - SO OFTEN THE PITCHER GOES TO WATER UNTIL IT BREAKS: POEMS (National Poetry Series) - Paperback ALUMNI AUTHORS ISBN: 978-1-4809-1082-9

ISBN: 978-1-4809-1082-9

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González, R. - SO OFTEN THE PITCHER GOES TO WATER UNTIL IT BREAKS: POEMS (National Poetry Series) - Paperback ALUMNI AUTHORS ISBN: 978-1-4809-1082-9Rigoberto Gonzlez, MFA Author "An astonishing new talent, Rigoberto Gonzalez writes with a clarity of the senses that pulls the reader into a marvelous and unfamiliar world. The sidewalk preacher, the umbrella salesman, the nurse on the graveyard shift, the professional mourner all allow Gonzalez, a clandestine glimpse of their lives. Crackling with the dry electricity of the desert and flashing with the brilliant colors of Mexico, Gonzlez's poems are