Carta Blanca (Short Story Collection), Tucson, AZ
A Mexican-American teenager journeys from California’s Central Valley to Los Angeles and must recover from old wounds of violence and illness.
“I hope readers will appreciate and empathize with the book’s real-world themes: English/Spanish bilingualism, Mexican immigrant families, and our community’s capacity for change, growth, and healing.”
Leo Ríos is a fiction writer. He studied English at UCLA and received an MFA from Cornell University. His short story “Vagabond” was published in The Georgia Review and was noted as a distinguished story in The Best American Short Stories 2022. Other publications include stories in The Arkansas International, The Rumpus, The Masters Review, Joyland Magazine, and The Common. A recent recipient of a MacDowell Fellowship, he teaches writing at the University of Arizona.
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