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On Display: Poems by Gabriel Ibarra
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On Display by Gabriel Ibarra was selected by Francisco Aragón as winner of the Alta California Chapbook Prize.
“‘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
Gabriel Ibarra was born and raised in Fresno, CA. He earned an Honorable Mention for the 2011 Ernesto Trejo Poetry Prize, awarded by the Academy of American Poets and judged by the late Phil Levine. His poetry has been published in The Packinghouse Review, and from 2014-2016, to honor his roots as a Puentista, he served as a Puente Program Mentor at Fresno City College. Currently, he teaches as a full time English Lecturer at Fresno State, and serves as the Campus Liaison for the Fresno State Creative Writing Alumni Chapter, whose goal is to connect multiple generations of Fresno writers.
