New books from Valley authors: Borjas debuts poetry, Patten writes of hospice care
Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff
Author: Sara Borjas, Fresno State graduate
Description: “Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff” is a transgressive, yet surprisingly tender confrontation of what it means to want to flee the thing you need most. The speaker struggles through cultural assimilation and the pressure to “act” Mexican while dreaming of the privileges of whiteness. Borjas holds cultural traditions accountable. (Noemi Press, 95 pages)
Available on Amazon, $15 for paperback, saraborjas.com.
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A Companion For the Hospice Journey
Author: Larry Patten, Fresno
Description: Any discussion about hospice includes the words most prefer to avoid or ignore: dying, death, and grief. In “A Companion for the Hospice Journey,” author Larry Patten invites readers into that uncomfortable subject. Somewhere around half of the deaths in the United States (in 2017, over 2.7 million total died) will take place with the support of hospice. A lot of people don’t know what their choices are, and too many tough decisions are made with little or no knowledge about hospice care. “Companion” offers support for those decisions. (Bowker, 244 pages)
Available on Amazon, $7.99 for paperback, $3.99 for Kindle, larrypatten.com.