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Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, Ray Gonzalez returns to Texas and nearby New Mexico to meditate on love, literature, loss, and la línea in Suggest Paradise. The collection offers readers some of the richest and most complex poems that embody the Southwest and the borderlands, including a poignant look at the massacre at the El Paso Walmart. A unique voice of the Southwest, Gonzalez brings his intellect and his well-honed craft to this work and offers readers a nuanced and powerful perspective on poetry and the Border.

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In his new book, Ray Gonzalez maps an interior terrain of shamanic wisdom that does not ignore grief. 'My feet, ' he says, 'are two owls fleeing the earth.' Gonzalez's Suggest Paradise celebrates a life-map into a deep self, a way into a paradise not simply 'suggested' but lived. --George Kalamaras, former Poet Laureate of Indiana

In his new book, Ray Gonzalez maps an interior terrain of shamanic wisdom that does not ignore grief. 'My feet, ' he says, 'are two owls fleeing the earth.' Gonzalez's Suggest Paradise celebrates a life-map into a deep self, a way into a paradise not simply 'suggested' but lived. George Kalamaras, former Poet Laureate of Indiana

"""This is a collection of making and memory--familial, literary, historical.""--Rebecca Morgan Frank, Harriet Books ""In his new book, Ray Gonzalez maps an interior terrain of shamanic wisdom that does not ignore grief. 'My feet, ' he says, 'are two owls fleeing the earth.' Gonzalez's Suggest Paradise celebrates a life-map into a deep self, a way into a paradise not simply 'suggested' but lived.""--George Kalamaras, former Poet Laureate of Indiana"

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Ray Gonzalez is the author of numerous books of poetry, including Feel Puma: Poems (UNM Press), The Heat of Arrivals, The Hawk Temple at Tierra Grande, and Soul Over Lightning. He is the recipient of many awards, including the PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Book Award, the Latino Heritage Award, and the Minnesota Book Award. He lives in Farmington, Minnesota, and is a professor emeritus of literature and creative writing at the University of Minnesota.

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