Gabriel Ibarra’s chapbook, On Display, was selected by Francisco Aragón for the Alta California Chapbook Series. Available this week for $10 and free shipping with coupon code “hb2u” (happy birthday 2 you, through March 26) at gunpowderpress.com.
“‘Mira, tu Papa is on TV,’ says a mother, coaxing her boy to imagine that Erik Estrada is his father. ‘Our time together—episodes / rerun is never real, only instances / of his dark, oily hair mirroring mine / as I peddle closer, reach out, / trace the round static of his face.’
Wow. It’s a heartwrenching moment that broke me. On Display is moving art, the poet’s craft up to the task.”
—Francisco Aragón, final Judge, Alta California Prize
