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In 1969, V. B. Price wrote a small poem that he gave to his friends and loved ones for Christmas. He has continued that tradition each year ever since. This second edition of Innocence Regained collects more than fifty years of those intimate and inquisitive poems, including some of Price's most recent and most inspired work. As New York Times bestselling author Daniel Abraham says: ""V. B. Price is a better poet than we deserve.""

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""Humane, deep, joyful, feral, challenging, beautiful, and always always always welcome. V. B. Price is a better poet than we deserve."" -Daniel Abraham, co-author of The Expanse series ""In these poems we see a man who decides to open his arms and embrace the world for its goodness, its badness, its sorrow and joy. Nothing is immune from his celebrating life in its jagged edges, round soft curves. He doesn't mealy mouth, doesn't primly curtsy; no, these poems remind me, in their gusto and awe, of my tío who used to tell stories sitting on his porch and during the telling slap his knee with emphasis for how much pleasure he got from the story-well, these poems have many knee slaps-enjoy, amigos y amigas, all of you who love poetry, these Christmas cookies and sopapillas come early."" -Jimmy Santiago Baca, author of When I Walk Through That Door, I Am ""Innocence Regained is an extraordinary collection. His magical ability to instill authentic childhood wonder with wicked humor and mature wisdom makes this book unique. And this is exactly what we need right now, as life careens about us, misery and violence on every horizon. I am stunned and often moved to a release of tears by the depth of this poet's humanity and the brilliance of his craft."" -Margaret Randall, author of Time's Language: Selected Poems

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V. B. Price has been working, as he says, to repair his ignorance since he came to New Mexico in 1958 at the age of eighteen. He has been publishing poetry since 1962 and has worked continuously as a reporter and an environmental and political columnist for nearly as long. He received the 2021 New Mexico Literary Arts Gratitude Award for contributions to the life of the poetry community in New Mexico and the Southwest, and he has also been elected to the Board of Directors for the Leopold Writing Program. He lives in Albuquerque.

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