{"product_id":"rancho-notorious-paperback","title":"Rancho Notorious - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Garcia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the movie of the same name, the poems in \u003ci\u003eRancho Notorious\u003c\/i\u003e are peopled with a colorful cast of characters, all born of the fertile imagination of Richard Garcia. Through narratives, lyric poems and dramatic monologues, Garcia's characters demonstrate that the idea of self is fluid, one identity easily swapped for another. These are poems with heart, poems that believe that the construction of memory, however fragmentary and inconclusive, is also an act of redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Garcia\u003c\/b\u003e was born in San Francisco in 1941, the son of a Puerto Rican father and a Mexican mother, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Flying Garcias\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of poetry, and\u003ci\u003e My Aunt Otila's Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e, a bilingual children's book. He lives in Los Angeles, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Garcia is the author of three books of poetry: Selected Poems (1972); The Flying Garcias; and Rancho Notorious (BOA Editions, 2001) as well as My Aunt Otilia's Spirits, a bilingual children's book (1978). His poems have been published in more than thirty mainstream and avant-garde literary magazines, including Antioch Review, Colorado Review and Ploughshares.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 90\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 9.02 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769977897248,"sku":"9781929918010","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/489eee1caafdbd5223a72a6da61fc772.webp?v=1780361555","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/rancho-notorious-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}