Ricardo Sternberg: "Paulito's Birds"

The VPR Poem of the Week is “Paulito’s Birds” by Ricardo Sternberg, which appeared in the Fall/Winter 2003-2004 issue (Volume V, Number 1) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.

Ricardo Sternberg’s poetry has been published in various magazines, such as American Poetry Review, Descant, The Nation, Paris Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, and Virginia Quarterly Review. Sternberg’s three books of poetry are The Invention of Honey (1990) and Map of Dreams (1996), both published by Vehicule Press, and Bamboo Church (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003). Cyclops Press released a CD of his readings, Blindsight, in 1998.

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