Trochemoche: Poems - Tapa blanda

"[Rodríguez] takes street-tough rhythms and a flair for self-dramatization, and imbues them with a lyric sensibility, forging lines best read aloud: "I am capitalism's angry Christ, techno Quetzacoatl, toppling the temples/ of modern thievery, of surplus value in word-art/ --exploited, anointed, and perhaps double-jointed."--Publisher's Weekly
"While filled with the heart and words of Chicano culture, Rodríguez's poems transcend the scope of race and ethnicity. The topics he addresses in this book--relationships, justice, love, and the irony of daily life--are, or should be, the subjects that envelop us all."--Aaron McCarroll Gallegos, Sojourners

Expresses the turmoil of the barrio and explores recovery and personal growth, ways of knowledge, revolution, and the power of poetry