Smooth-Talking Dog Marvel unable--or unwilling--to shuffle off this

unable--or unwilling--to shuffle off this mortal coil

Written in the aftermath of the death of the author’s little sister

Ryo is living out and proud at school

and embrace the beauty of the natural world

it’s a brutal and beautiful tribute to the classic adventure pulps that comics fans are sure to love

Smooth-Talking Dog Marvel unable--or unwilling--to shuffle off thisIn his biting first full length collection in English, Tijuana poet Roberto Castillo Udiarte commiserates with Zona Norte streetwalkers, embodies the desert lizard, and maps a life lived in the dimness of the barroom as well as its incisive light. The poems in Smooth Talking Dog display the counterculture influence of a wide range of influences on both sides of the border, from both the page and the rock concert stage, as hilarious and tragic as they