Mclife

by Richard Vargas

A slice of America as seen through the keen eye of a poet who has lived the experience.

108 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 2005

About the author

Bio: Richard Vargas was born in Compton, CA, attended schools in Compton, Lynwood, and Paramount. He earned his B.A. at Cal State University, Long Beach, where he studied under Gerald Locklin and Richard Lee. He edited/published five issues of The Tequila Review, 1978-1980. His first book, McLife, was featured on Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac, in February, 2006. A second book, American Jesus, was published by Tia Chucha Press, 2007. His third book, Guernica, revisited, was published April 2014, by Press 53, and was featured once again on Writer's Almanac. His 4th book, How A Civilization Begins, can be ordered now from Mouthfeel Press, 2022. Vargas received his MFA from the University of New Mexico, 2010, where he work-shopped his poetry with Joy Harjo. He was recipient of the 2011 Taos Summer Writers’ Conference’s Hispanic Writer Award, and was on the faculty of the 2012 10th National Latino Writers Conference. Currently, he resides near the lake where Otis Redding's plane crashed, Monona WI.

Reviews

[Ally · Rating 5 out of 5]

Richard Vargas' McLife, much like his Guernica, Revisited, is a powerful book. Honest, charged, McLife says alot about love, labor and life in America.