Carl-Klassen, Abigail. Village Mechanics. McAllen, TX: FlowerSong Press, 2025.
I blurbed this excellent collection of poems from one of the most important Mennonite poets writing today. My copy recently arrived in the mail.
Lopez, Robert. Dispatches from Puerto Nowhere: An American Story of Assimilation and Erasure. Columbus, OH: Two Dollar Radio, 2023.
I heard about this book because I saw an advertisement for a reading that Lopez gave near me recently. (I was hoping to go but was unable to make it.) From what I’ve read about the book, his story sounds close to mine in terms of relating to his boricua heritage while living in the U.S., so I look forward to reading it.
Daniel Shank Cruz 