#josephrios

Joseph Rios was featured in Poets&Writers "The Whole Self: Our Thirteenth Annual Look at Debut Poets" by Dana Isokawa.

When asked about his inspiration for writing Rios said, "My grandmother’s stories, my grandfather’s stories, the dudes I dug trenches with, the packinghouse where I used to work, wrench turners at my uncle’s airplane shop, jornaleros I picked up at Home Depot in Cypress Park..."

This is a terrific honor for Joseph and his book," Shadowboxing: Poems & Impersonations" recently published with Omnidawn!

Good news! Several Omnidawn Poets have been featured in the Poetry Magazine's Fall Reading List! Some of the featured writers include: Elena Karina Byrne, Cole Swensen, and Joseph Rios. The Reading List is a feature of Poetry’s Editors’ Blog. The September month contributors for the September 2017 issue share some picks from their shelves.

Omnidawn sends congrats and good energy to all our poets and their accomplishments!

Publisher weekly comments, "Rios draws readers into a combination coming-of-age story and satire of academic pretension in his audacious debut, writing through the figure of a Chicano adolescent," Rios challenges the usefulness of poetry and stands upon oral histories to demystify California’s overlooked labor class.