false 4979160 1 "Levi Romero is a strange kind of wizard. He can walk up a New Mexico arroyo and come back with a mysterious object full of quotidian magic. Like a rusted tobacco can the grand-fathers used to roll their smokes. And when you pry open the lid, you can hear their laughter and gossip coming out. That's what he does in poem after poem. I read his work and I learn again how to love this life."--Luis Alberto Urrea<p>Through familiar details--leaking faucets and lowriders, <i>chicharrones</i> and chicken coops--Levi Romero remembers <i>familia, comunidad,</i> and <i>tradiciones</i> from his upbringing in northern New Mexico's Embudo Valley. Alongside his training and jobs in the building trades and the architectural profession, and now a teacher, his writing has maintained and nurtured his connection to the unique people and land he knows so well and that have seldom been represented in American poetry. 5045024 16 12 2008 A Poetry of Remembrance: New and Rejected Works (Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series) total:1|5:1| 1 5 5 0 0 0 false false Mon Sep 14 05:07:14 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 14:43:17 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 05:07:14 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Mar 02 11:37:50 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 10:35:43 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 11:37:50 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Feb 06 10:15:57 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 10:15:57 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jan 20 14:09:03 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 14:09:03 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jan 20 11:08:48 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 11:08:48 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4979160