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Alex Z. Salinas is the author of four volumes of poetry and a book of stories, City Lights From the Upside Down, which was included in the National Book Critics Circle’s Critical Notes. He is also the author of a novel, The Dream Life of Larry Rios. His fiction and poetry have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Anthology. He lives in South Texas.

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Average rating: 4.8 · 80 ratings · 13 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	WARBLES 4.95 avg rating — 19 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hispanic Sonnets 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	City Lights From the Upside Down it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	DREAMT, or The Lingering Phantoms of Equinox 4.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dream Life of Larry Rios it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	San Antonio Review (1) by William O. Pate II (Goodreads Author), Bekah S McNeel, Kris Gage 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	San Antonio Review: Issue Two \| Winter 2019 by William O. Pate II (Goodreads Author), Larry Smith, Diane Gonzales Bertrand 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trash Poems it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Schlock!: Vol 16 Issue 6 by Schlock! Magazine, Gavin Chappell (Editor), Alex Z. Salinas (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	San Antonio Review (Issue Two, Winter 2019) by William O. Pate II (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alex Z. Salinas (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gianna Sannipoli (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Alex Salinas rated a book it was amazing The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1) by C.S. Lewis	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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