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San Antonio poet and author Salinas bases his 40-tale collection primarily on his South Texas homeland, where characters deal with love, young adult angst and insecurity, death, and the bonds of family. Read more...
City Lights From the Upside Down
Alex Z. Salinas
In City Lights From the Upside Down, Alex Z. Salinas’ debut collection of short stories, the setting is mostly South Texas - and, infrequently, outer space. Mothers dying or dead, brothers with a taste for revenge, bizarre coffee shop encounters, terrifying dreams, strange alien lights, embers of love blazing and cooling - in these stories, a lot happens, and, sometimes, not much at all. Through precise, raw, and often Christ-haunted language, Salinas builds up characters to bring them to their knees. This book: a rollercoaster in the middle of the Texas desert. (Or is it just a mirage?)
About the Author
Alex Z. Salinas is the author of four poetry collections and a book of stories, City Lights From the Upside Down, which was included in the National Book Critics Circle’s Critical Notes. He lives in San Antonio, Texas.Book Details
- Print ISBN:
- 9781736177976
- eBook ISBN:
- 9781736177969
- doi:
- 10.21428/9b43cd98.985162ab
- Length:
- 286 pages
- Release Date:
- 03/September/2021
- Edition:
- 1
Reviews
From Kirkus ReviewsSan Antonio poet and author Salinas bases his 40-tale collection primarily on his South Texas homeland, where characters deal with love, young adult angst and insecurity, death, and the bonds of family. Read more...
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