Two young Latino college students from backgrounds of poverty, with divergent life stories and roots, made vows to live life together--vows buffeted through five decades as their children were born and the couple's careers unfolded, vows tested as they evolved in their values and perspectives on matters miniscule and mighty. But the most vital of all held constant: their commitment to their family and one another. Thus is the foundation of Dearest Papa: A Memoir in Poems, by nationally-recognized author and former Poet Laureate Thelma T. Reyna. The sudden death in minor surgery of Reyna's husband, eight months after their golden wedding anniversary, stirred deep despair well-documented in this book, but also reinforced the author's regret that, in our hurried lives, we often take one another for granted, failing to soulfully, regularly profess to our loved ones how precious they are to us. In this memoir, Reyna pays tribute to her husband (affectionately called Papa by their family and friends): his suffering when his health declined in his last years of life, his unmitigated devotion to his family, and the endearing goodness and excellence that defined his life and career.

Dearest Papa: A Memoir in Poems

Reyna, Thelma T.

Parenting & Relationships

Golden Foothills Press

A collection of poems presenting a gallery of people you know or would want to know: some real and famous, some infamous, some mythical, and many others like those we encounter in our daily lives. Reyna, an award-winning writer, presents the Pope, poets, soldiers, killers, lovers, immigrants, celebrities, the mentally ill, artists, and more. She shows us the human side of everyone in vivid verbal snapshots that grab us and leave us thinking long afterward.

Rising, Falling, All of Us: New & Collected Poems

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

The tradition continues: 104 poets, 167 poems. …A gathering of excellence. For the fourth consecutive year, distinguished poets from throughout Southern California present their finest creations to lovers of poetry everywhere. This anthology includes poems by Poet Laureates past and present, Pushcart Prize Nominees, national award-winners, professors, editors, publishers, workshop presenters, seasoned authors, and emerging writers. The breadth and depth of these works span generations, cultures, geographical origins, philosophies, and styles—artistically produced here by a literary award-winning press, and edited by two poets with deep roots in the genre and the community of talent they lead and inspire.

Altadena Poetry Review: Anthology 2018

Lipkin, Elline

Dutton, Pauline

Memoir about America's first officially licensed, totally blind boxing manager/trainer, Canto "TNT" Robledo, who had been a boxing welterweight champion of the U.S. Pacific Coast and who was a rising star headed for a shot at the world title, before a boxing match injury stole his eyesight and ended his fighting career. Canto, a multiple Hall of Famer, trained over 500 boxers in his backyard gym, the Crown City Boxing Stables, in a 50-year career, leading many of them to championships. An iconic boxing coach, mentor, and humanitarian, he changed the lives of hundreds of families and thousands of young, disadvantaged people in his community. The book is written by his son, who was also a champion boxer in his youth.

Blood on the Canvas: The Life & Legacy of Boxing Icon, Canto "TNT" Robledo

Robledo, Joseph C.

Biographies & Memoirs

A ground-breaking anthology of over 35 distinguished American contemporary poets and prose writers, written in real time in the first seven months of the historic, evastating coronavirus COVID-19 invasion of America in 2020. In heart-wrenching, wide-eyed observations, firsthand events, tragedies, and reflections, these 44 top authors from 10 states across America document for us the horrors, grief, and heroism of friends, family, neighbors as we watched the disease unfold. Here are moments of hope and togetherness as well, seeking respite and balms. This gathering of Poets Laureate, national award winners, poet leaders,essayists, academics, and short fiction writers is a collection to treasure and a touchstone for generationsto come.

When the Virus Came Calling: COVID-19 Strikes America

Acclaimed American Latino author, ALEJANDRO MORALES, author of numerous novels, short story collections, and nonfiction, presents his first book of poetry to the world:Zapote Tree. The son of Mexican immigrants, Dr. Morales became a well-regarded professor at University of California, Irvine, for 40 years, where he mentored and inspired generations of scholars until his recent retirement. Zapote Tree brings together 34 poems pulsing with insights, imagery, love of family and his culture, plus hard truths about socioeconomic and sociopolitical inequities in society. This book's unforgettable characters--migrants, mothers, elders, mythological figures, alcoholics, heroes, villains, and spirits -- expand our understanding of diverse cultures, such as those Dr. Morales straddles with wisdom and compassion.

Zapote Tree

Morales, Alejandro

Literary

YEAR 2: COVID-19. The pandemic continues to rage worldwide—with the loss of human life in the U.S. alone 
surpassing 800,000 in less than 24 months. 
After the once-in-a-century invasion of the coronavirus hit the United States in 2020, our nation was weary and battered, with schools, churches, public places shut down and the economy sputtering. In the second year of the COVID-19 outbreak, the heroism and devotion of U.S. healthcare workers stood strong-- despite burnout, despite assaults by virus-deniers, anti-maskers, anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, despite purveyors of misinformation that hobbled our nation’s recovery. In this ground-breaking anthology, 26 poets and essayists—physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, private caregivers, holistic practitioners, medical school students, and a hospital chaplain—share their personal experiences navigating the pandemic and our changed lives, tending to patients, dealing with loss, uncertainty, grief, and isolation, surviving in a world turned topsy-turvy, continuing the fight to save lives through resilience, selflessness, and the eternal flame of hope.

Doctor Poets & Other Healers: COVID in Their Own Words

United States

"Writing against fantasies of ideal motherhood, Sameth's book presents a brutally honest and much-needed account of family-building and parenting in the twenty-first century." 
— New Pages,\nThrough meditations on race, culture, and family, One Day on the Gold Line tells the story of a queer Jewish single mother raising a Black son in Los Angeles. A memoir-in-essays, it examines life's surprising changes that come through choice or circumstance, often seemingly out of nowhere, and sometimes darkly humorous—even as the situations are dire.\nWhile escaping from a burning boat, Carla realizes that if she died, her one regret would be not having children. She overcomes miscarriages to finally give birth to a son. Motherhood's usual struggles are then complicated by identity, community, and the challenges of creating a blended family. The overarching theme of these loosely woven reflective tales is the storyteller's dream of the "perfect" family, the pursuit of which hurls her from one crisis to the next, ultimately meeting its greatest challenge in the form of her teenage son's struggle with drug addiction.\nOne Day on the Gold Line: A Memoir in Essays by Carla Rachel Sameth is a 2021 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite in the category of Memoir.

One Day on the Gold Line: A Memoir in Essays

Sameth, Carla Rachel

Altadena Poetry Review: Anthology 2024

Harris, Peter J

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Dearest Papa: A Memoir in Poems

Rising, Falling, All of Us: New & Collected Poems

Altadena Poetry Review: Anthology 2018

Blood on the Canvas: The Life & Legacy of Boxing Icon, Canto "TNT" Robledo

Dearest Papa: A Memoir in Poems

When the Virus Came Calling: COVID-19 Strikes America

Zapote Tree

Doctor Poets & Other Healers: COVID in Their Own Words

One Day on the Gold Line: A Memoir in Essays

Altadena Poetry Review: Anthology 2024