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On Display

By Gabriel Ibarra

On Display
10.00
  • Publisher: Gunpowder Press
  • ISBN: 978-1-957062-08-2
  • Published: April 1, 2023

Winner of the Alta California Chapbook Prize selected by Francisco Aragón, Gabriel Ibarra‘s On Display is available in a bilingual edition. The book is part of the Alta California Chapbook Series, edited by Emma Trelles.

“‘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 


Series: Alta California Chapbook Series

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