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Book · 2021

Sendero de suicidas

Awarded the 2021 Premio Bellas Artes de Poesía Aguascalientes, this collection gathers poetic meditations on mortality arranged around methods of departure, engaging in an intimate, choral dialogue with writers and poets throughout history who took their own lives.

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  • I loved it. I'm not a huge poetry fan, but I read this book on a recommendation and it's one of the best things I've read all year.
    Leo Sanchez on Goodreads
  • The title, the poems, the references to the poets who took their lives... wow! Speaking personally and simply, this is a book that could define me and did so for a time; today I have a broader perspective on the topic... it arrived and stayed with me forever, striking right at an open wound... You know what I mean c;
    Andrea Hernández Flores on Goodreads
  • The best thing I've read in a long time. Rivera's metaphors are structured around methods of suicide. I found it beautifully pessimistic and melancholic. Truly one of the best books I have ever read.
    Dante Camacho on Goodreads

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