Wings Press imprint: 131 books

Indios

A Poem . . . A Performance

by Linda Hogan
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012

Filled with powerful imagery, this poem relates the tragic story of Indios, a native woman falsely accused of the death of her children. As it echoes the plight of other women like Indios—including Malinche, Pocahontas, La Llorona, and Medea—this narrative conveys the truth of a history twisted...
by Enrico Castelnuovo
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017

Enrico Castelnuovo's The Moncalvos was originally published in 1908 in Italian. This is the first English translation of this famous novelist's most controversial title. Set at the turn of the 20th century, 50 years after Garibaldi's revolution and the unification of Italy, the Jewish residents of...

Ciento

100 100-Word Love Poems

by Lorna Dee Cervantes
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011

Flavored by the author’s Chicana and Native American roots, this poetry collection explores eroticism and sensuality while keeping to the confines of 100 words. Simultaneously intelligent and humorous, this book investigates the themes of passion and desire as it conveys intense political ideas...
by Paul Christensen
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011

The Human Condition merges the personal and the political-historical, focusing the reader on America's on-going conflicts by engaging the reader in the poet's personal lyricism and considerable travel experience. Powerful and unadorned poems ramble the world from the Chihuahuan deserts of Mexico to the cellars of the Pentagon to the flaming ruins of Iraq.
by Naomi Shihab Nye
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010

An early chapbook by Texas's most beloved poet, now an international literary figure.
by Carmen Tafolla
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008

As a helping of “down-home magical realism,” this collection of 16 short stories explores the human spirit inherent in the bilingual, bicultural world of the Texas-Mexico border. With a fresh sense of humor and human understanding, these stories skillfully bridge the gap between miracles and tragedies,...
by Alma Luz Villanueva
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013

Xochiquetzal and Javier meet at a resort near Puerto Vallarta and begin a highly erotic love affair of 12 years, which extends beyond, into the Mayan Sixth World. There’s a weaving of dreams as they meet crucial people on their travels: Ai from Tokyo, traveling the world to plant peace crystals...
by Mo H Saidi
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014

This collection of poems begins in Tehran, Iran, and ends in San Antonio, Texas, with plenty of stops along the way to observe people, places, and nature, and to gather stories. Saidi is a great storyteller, and his poems are rich with the lives of people he has met around the globe. Politically...
by Brenda Webster
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014

Two emotionally fraught and complex themes collide in this powerful, moving novel: Alzheimer’s disease and the psychological aftermath for survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The story chronicles the intellectual decline of Renzo, a once-brilliant Roman writer and filmmaker. Aware that...

Gracias

New Poems

by Alma Luz Villanueva
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015

A journey into the heart of Mexico and a coming home to the spirit of the author's beloved grandmother, this poetry collection documents travels throughout Mexico as well as Costa Rica, France, and the poet's country of birth, the United States. The titular poem, "Gracias," describes the...
by James Hoggard
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013

The more than two dozen personal essays in this new collection by one of Texas’s master storytellers range from travel pieces about Havana and London to stories about small-town exotics that are funny, nervy, outlandish, and all characterized by James Hoggard’s sly wit and his noted openness to...
by Rosemary Catacalos
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013

Originally published in 1984 to great acclaim, including being awarded the Texas Institute of Letters Poetry Prize, this stirring collection of poems pairs and often plays against the mythologies of the author’s mixed Greek and Mexican heritage. A strong work of feminism, the pieces blend historical...

Her Texas

Story, Image, Poem & Song

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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015

Multicultural, multiethnic, and multidisciplinary, Her Texas includes stories, essays, memoirs, poetry, song lyrics, paintings, and photographs by 60 Texas women. Texas, once a country unto itself, has engendered myths and legends that rival the magnetic force of national identity. At first, Texas...

Far Out

Poems of the '60s

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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016

Far Out: Poems of the '60s includes poems by over 80 poets who remember that tumultuous decade from a wide range of vantage points. This collection brings to life the experiences of people who vividly remember the effects of the assassinations of Medgar Evars, JFK, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King,...
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