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An Incomplete List of Names
An Incomplete List of Names: Poems | Michael Torres
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"This collection of poems is an act of remembrance of a speaker looking back on a community of Mexican-American boys who are grappling with the impulse to assimilate while at the same time trying to create something new for themselves (…more)
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I loved this book! Heard about it on the code switch podcast in the episode about the best books released in 2020. A book of poems detailing coming of age as a Mexican American, he romanticized the ruggedness of youth and the sharp pain of growing, loving, death, and questioning identity.

“Every looking out also implies enclosure. Out there, where I could be anything, I placed a silver chain around my neck and it fit like a slipped halo.”