El Padre

Larry D. Thomas

maí 2016 · vacpoetry

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In this "mini-novel in verse," Larry D. Thomas explores the doubts, internal conflicts, and deep religious yearnings of El Padre, the young Catholic priest of a small parish located in La Frontera, the borderlands region of far West Texas near the Rio Grande River separating Texas from Mexico. Although ostensibly examining the anxieties and epiphanies of the young priest, the collection simultaneously probes the "spiritual" bounty of the flora of the Great Chihuahuan Desert and the ancient cultural heritage of Mexico. 

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Larry D. Thomas, who grew up in Midland, Texas, on the northeastern fringe of the Great Chihuahuan Desert, moved back to the desert in 2011 after residing for forty-four years in Houston, Texas. Among his poetry collections inspired by his reverence for the Great Chihuahuan Desert are Amazing Grace (Texas Review Press 2001); Where Skulls Speak Wind (Texas Review Press 2004); Stark Beauty (Timberline Press 2005); The Red, Candlelit Darkness (El Grito del Lobo Press 2011, republished online in 2013 by Right Hand Pointing); Far: West Texas (Right Hand Pointing 2011); The Goatherd (Mouthfeel Press 2014); Art Museums (Blue Horse Press 2014); Los Días de Los Muertos (Right Hand Pointing 2015); Jake & Violet (Right Hand Pointing 2016) and The Innkeeper (forthcoming from Mouthfeel Press in 2016). Thomas, a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, was privileged to serve as the 2008 Texas Poet Laureate. His As If Light Actually Matters: New & Selected Poems was published in 2015 by Texas Review Press (Member, Texas A&M University Press Consortium). He resides in Alpine, Texas, with his wife, Lisa, and two Long-haired Chihuahuas, Piñon and Pecos. 

Lisa P. Thomas, DDS, has enjoyed photography for several years. Her credits include Amazing Grace (Texas Review Press, 2001), Where Skulls Speak Wind (Texas Review Press, 2004), Stark Beauty (Timberline Press, 2005), The Fraternity of Oblivion (Timberline Press, 2008), Far (West Texas) (e-chapbook/Right Hand Pointing, 2011), Art Museums (Blue Horse Press, 2014), and The Innkeeper (forthcoming from Mouthfeel Press, El Paso, Texas).