Inspired by Edgar Lee Masters's
Spoon River Anthology and Thornton Wilder's
Our Town, Pat Mora brings us the poetic monologues of Encantado, an imagined southwestern town.
Each poem forms a story that reveals the complex and emotional journeys we take through life. Mora meanders through the thoughts of Encantado's residents--the mothers and sisters, brothers and fathers in whom we see slivers of ourselves and our loved ones--and paints a portrait of a community through its inhabitants' own diverse voices. Even the river has a voice we understand.
Inspired by both the real and imagined stories around her, Mora transports us to the heart of what it means to join in a chorus of voices. A community. A town. Encantado.
About the AuthorPat Mora is an author, speaker, educator, and literacy advocate. She has written more than forty-five books for adults, teens, and children. Her poetry collections include
Chants,
Borders,
Communion,
Agua Santa: Holy Water,
Aunt Carmen's Book of Practical Saints, and
Adobe Odes; her books of nonfiction include
Nepantla: Essays from the Land in the Middle and the family memoir
House of Houses. The recipient of two honorary doctorates and a poetry fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, she lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.