Ricardo Pau-Llosa: "Flight to L.A."

The VPR Poem of the Week is Ricardo Pau-Llosa’s “Flight to L.A.,” which appeared in the Fall/Winter 2004-2005 issue (Volume VI, Number 1) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.

Ricardo Pau-Llosa's sixth book of poems is Parable Hunter by Carnegie-Mellon University Press (2008), which also published three previous titles, Cuba (1993), Vereda Tropical (1999), and The Mastery Impulse (2003). His poetry has appeared in numerous magazines, including American Poetry Review, Cream City Review, Denver Quarterly, The Fiddlehead, Iowa Review, Kenyon Review, Manoa, New England Review, North American Review, Ontario Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, Partisan Review, Ploughshares, Southern Review, and TriQuarterly. In addition, his work has been included in various anthologies, such as The Norton Introduction to Literature (Norton) and Red, White, and Blues: Poets on the Promise of America (University of Iowa Press). As an artist and critic, he also has published a number of art books and exhibition catalogues, and his commentary has appeared in various art journals.

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