by David Bowles
Year Published: Cinco Puntos Press, 2018
The dynamic complexity of the Rio Grande borderlands pulses in the poetry of twelve-year-old Güero—a nickname commonly given to light-skinned, freckled Mexican and Chicano boys. Inspired by the words of his seventh-grade teacher, Ms. Wong, who declares poetry to be the “clearest lens for viewing the world,” Güero sets out to record everything he sees around him.
