Eating Pears on the Rooftop

The poems in Eating Pears on the Rooftop by David Estringel explore tender heartbreak where "nights are hardest to bear, / alone, atop these unwashed sheets / that smell of you and me, still, / crinkled and heavy with ghosts." The reader discovers beauty and strength in these powerful poems.

-Leah Huete de Maines, Poet-in-Residence Emerita at Northern Kentucky University

David Estringel is a Xicanx writer/poet with works published in literary publications, such as The Opiate, Azahares, North Meridian Review, Poetry Ni, DREICH, Rigorous, Somos En Escrito, Hispanecdotes, Ethel, The Milk House, Beir Bua Journal, Sisyphus, and The Blue Nib. His first collection of poetry and short fiction Indelible Fingerprints was published in 2019 by Alien Buddha Press, followed by two poetry chapbooks, Punctures (Really Serious Literature, 2019) and PeripherieS (The Bitchin' Kitsch, 2020). David's second book of poetry Blood Honey was published in early 2022 by Anxiety Press, soon to be followed by two additional books of poetry, Cold Comfort House (Anxiety Press, 2022) and little punctures with illustrations by UK artist Luca Bowles (Really Serious Literature, 2022), as well as his third chapbook Eating Pears on the Rooftop (Finishing Line Press, 2022). Connect with David on Twitter @The_Booky_Man and his website www.davidaestringel.com.