Today, we have Joseph Rios on the show. Joseph is the newly minted poet laureate of Fresno. He’s also the author of the claimed poetry collection, Shadowboxing: Poems & Impersonations, which won the 2018 American Book Award. This was a fun, all-over-the-place style conversation, with deep insights about the connection between poetry and Fresno, but then also reminiscences about bars, living in the Bay Area, and underrated 90s hip hop.
Books:
Yellow Rain: Poems Mai Der Vang
Heart Like A Window, Mouth Like A Cliff Sara Borjas
The Rendering Anthony Cody
Shadowboxing: poems & impersonations Joseph Rios
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