My new book Tierra Gringa will be out in the fall. 

It’s about how I as a Chicano have tried to be the 

best gringo ever.  Believe me, it’s not easy. But, I 

think I did a great job. Please buy my book. 

Pre-orders are now being taken.

As I Lay Dying

Why does Dylan Thomas look at me

as I go gentle into that goodnight?

Why does Robert Lowell run out of juice

every manic Monday?

Why did Sylvia leave a note on the refrigerator,

“Too cold to die in here.”

Why did Allen Ginsberg come to Texas

and waste his New York minute?

Drunk as hell, Ann Sexton

died in a garage in Weston.