From Dodger Stadium to the Astrodome, from the Río Grande Valley to Chicago, from Veracruz to Puerto Rico, from high-school teams to stickball in the streets, from the lessons of fathers to the excited joy of daughters, from massive cheering in the stands at Wrigley Field to the dynamics of family and community echoing on the diamond, these fifteen stories use the sport of baseball to explore geographical, cultural and dream-like spaces that transcend traditional notions of the game and transform it into a universal yet wholly individual experience. Featuring the work of Dagoberto Gilb, Norma Elia Cantú, Nelson Denis, Christine Granados, René Saldaña, Jr., and many more.

Arriba Baseball!: A Collection of Latino/a Baseball Fiction

Literature & Fiction

Moreira, Robert Paul

United States

VAO Publishing

This cross-genre collection of short stories, microfiction, and drama provides a kaleidoscope of modern human experience-from navigating fraught romantic relationships and definitions of masculinity, to dealing with the pull of family ties and the struggle to make one's way in the world. Inspired by authors as diverse as Robert Graves, Leslie Marmon Silko, and playwright Luis Valdez, DIG is a bruised bricolage in four acts-UTERO, VIVO, SITU, and VITRO-that interrogates the imprisoned body, braves its way through southern cartographies, and ultimately urges readers to venture beyond the confines of history, trauma, language, place, and genre. ?Featuring Latinx characters who are often caught between cultures, DIG explores themes of physical and emotional violence, human relationships, and the weight of politics, history, and culture on individuality and identity. Pathos and humor mix with frustration, revulsion, and dread to create an emotional rollercoaster that ultimately lands on a celebration of human resilience and perseverance.

Frayed Edge Press

“Robert Paul Moreira must be down there on the Rio Grande panning hearts and souls out of that dirty water. He’s like a blue-collar Borges, and Scores is a labyrinth of a thing: all twisted with violence and empathy and hallelujahs. I suggest you get all lost in it.” —Scott McClanahan, author of Crapalachia and The Sarah Book “Brash, hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking, Robert Paul Moreira’s stories are exquisite mini-portraits of lives filled with sex, baseball, movies and small victories. A pure delight.” — Daniel A. Olivas, author of The Book of Want, Assumption and Other Stories, and Things We Do Not Talk About: Exploring Latino/a Literature Through Essays and Interviews

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