{"product_id":"id-ask-you-to-join-jorge-humberto-chzavez-9781969317118","title":"I'd ask you to join me by the Rio Bravo and weep but you should know neither river nor tears remain","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe main device with which we have tried to understand the violence in Mexico since the declaration of the so-called \"war on drugs\", or narcoguerra, in 2006, is narration. It would take an immense amount of time to mention all the novels, TV shows, movies, documentaries, and short stories that attempt to produce a cohesive picture of the armed conflict between the Mexican State and its citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this heart-wrenching and luminous collection of poems, Jorge Humberto Chávez resists the temptation of reproducing the same perspectives that make these narratives incomplete, or myopic, by putting the experience of the people of Ciudad Juárez in the center of his enunciation. His poetic voice reveals, not the intricate inner workings of powerful cartels nor the heroic actions of a monstruous State, but the everyday, hurtful consequences that violence has on regular people. His poems trace the line of the border as a disappearing presence that shows us the only possible truth: we hurt the most when the city that we love vanishes in front of our eyes, with our Friends and loved ones as dry and grieving as the Río Bravo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruno Ríos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jorge Humberto Chávez,Schimel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1969317116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781969317118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Broken Bowl Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.43d","brand":"Jorge Humberto Chávez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49148419801343,"sku":"9781969317118","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/id-ask-you-to-join-jorge-humberto-chzavez-9781969317118","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}