Circling the Tortilla Dragon

by Ray Gonzalez

CIRCLING THE TORTILLA DRAGON is a collection of short-short fictions that trace the fine line between prose poem and poetic prose. The flash fictions in the book weave history, myth, and cultural conflict from the centuries old battles between U.S. and Mexican culture. The results are quick glimpses into the mysterious, the surreal, and the strangely real, as animals, voices, modern society and isolated characters confront the remains of their collective and individual experiences.

199 pages, Paperback

First published January 6, 2003

About the author

The work of award-winning poet and editor Ray Gonzalez is inextricably linked to his Mexican ancestry and his American southwestern upbringing. Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, Gonzalez has employed Chicano imagery in his poetry, oftentimes alluding to America's indigenous past, and particularly to the southwestern desert cultures. Gonzalez has published several collections of his poetry and has served as editor of several anthologies of writings, most of which emphasize the contributions of Chicano authors to the literary scene. These anthologies, including 1998's Touching the Fire: Fifteen Poets of Today's Latino Renaissance, provide a medium for many up-and-coming Latino writers to get their work to the public.