Gavin Garza

Meeting David Berman at the Welfare Office

Meeting David Berman at the Welfare Office

After Jose Hernandez Diaz What gave him away was we could both hear an American flag burning. David sat across, his take-a-number ticket poking out from his patch pocket. The blinds were open—we could see the particles sloping between us. He’d been polite enough to listen to all my record-crate schmaltz before asking where I …

Fresno: Ars Poetica

Fresno: Ars Poetica

On-ramps braided together the way a turnbuckle twists and the sky was catching fire. Papa was a man of 15-to-20 phrases off the clock—he wouldn’t talk if talking seemed rehearsed. There were 20-to-30 imperatives on the road. “Play the drinking beer song,” “Take care of your jeans, mijo.” Things of that nature. I couldn’t tell …

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