El Chuco: Chicano Poems That Are Chido

Experience the power of Manny Rey's poetic love letter to El Paso, Texas in El Chuco: Chicano Poems That Are Chido. Readers will be inspired by Rey's celebration of the many facets that make El Paso an undiscovered gem, from the people, culture, and food to the unique qualities of El Chuco, through Rey's observations and point of view as a Chicano writer and poet. Rey's collection also honors the 30th Anniversary of the movie Blood In Blood Out: Bound by Honor, written by Jimmy Santiago Baca, with a section of poems written from the point of view of a guardian angel that offers some poetic prayers to some of the iconic characters-los Vatos Locos.