Palm Frond with Its Throat Cut Plants her grandson makes his own

her grandson makes his own contribution

" by Lorrie Moore

el pájaro y la tortuga

55 lbs) 420 pages

and voice-mail

Palm Frond with Its Throat Cut Plants her grandson makes his ownBy Vickie Vrtiz Palm Frond with Its Throat Cut uses both humor and sincerity to capture moments in time with a sense of compassion for the hard choices we must make to survive. Vrtiz's poetry shows how history, oppression, and resistance don't just refer to big events or movements; they play out in our everyday lives, in the intimate spaces of family, sex, and neighborhood. Vrtiz's poems ask us to see Los Angeles and all cities like it as they have