The Book of What Remains

“To write well about your life, you need to have a life worth writing about. On that score, Sáenz hits pay dirt.” — Booklist

“A former Catholic priest, this poet creates prayerful verse that is at once mystical and utterly human.” — The Washington Post

Poet, novelist, and popular YA writer Benjamin Alire Sáenz writes to the core truth of life’s ever-shifting memories. Set along the Mexican border, the contrast between the desert’s austere beauty and the brutality o…