Loss and the Other Rivers that Devour - Softcover

Lopez, Gustavo

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Synopsis

Loss and Other Rivers That Devour charts the evolution of one son’ s grief as he reconciles his identity with the expectations of his late father. In this journey of becoming, Gustavo Barahona-Ló pez struggles with and is shaped by loss and its many hauntings: toxic masculinity, colonial erasures of language and heritage, and the legacy of the United States’ xenophobic immigration policies.

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About the Author

Gustavo Barahona-Ló pez is a writer and educator from Richmond, California. In his writing, Barahona-Ló pez draws from his experience growing up as the son of Mexican immigrants. He was a finalist for the 2021 Quarterly West poetry prize and his chapbook Loss and Other Rivers That Devour was published by Nomadic Press in 2022. Barahona-Ló pez’ s full-length collection, Foundation is forthcoming from Flowersong Press. A member of the Writer’ s Grotto and a VONA alum, Barahona-Ló pez’ s work can be found or is forthcoming in Iron Horse Literary Review, Puerto del Sol, The Acentos Review, Apogee Journal, Hayden’ s Ferry Review, among other publications.

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