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Alberto Ríos

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The old Russian spits up a plum …

Alberto Ríos

The easiest sadness is a boy …

Alberto Ríos

The fire was so fierce, …

Alberto Ríos

A yellow leaf in the branches …

Alberto Ríos

I grew up on the border and though I left …

Alberto Ríos

But the truth is, I am Thursday on a Monday. I …

Alberto Ríos

or The Unfortunate Story of the Unmarried Flora Carrillo …

Alberto Ríos

I was, and now I am. …

Alberto Ríos

These are immigrant times …

Alberto Ríos

Yes, but beyond happiness what is there? …

Alberto Ríos

Under a heavy wire milk case, …

Alberto Ríos

Baltazár went to the market and came home with a parrot. …

Alberto Ríos

Pies have a reputation. …

Alberto Ríos

Everything’s been said …

Alberto Ríos

The bright night sky, …

Alberto Ríos

William cut a hole in his Levi’s pocket …

Alberto Ríos

When the thought came to him it was so simple he shook his head. …

Alberto Ríos

I am a slave to the nudity of women. …

Alberto Ríos

As she grows to twelve, her body begins …

Alberto Ríos

People would come to my great-grandmother’s house. …

Alberto Ríos

Ventura because she was hungry and because …

Alberto Ríos

We plant seeds in the ground …

Alberto Ríos

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