Portrait of Us Burning: Poems

A powerful debut collection exploring one family’s pursuit of the American Dream. Sebastian Paramo renders a semi-autobiographical collection, utilizing self-portraiture and memory to uncover how his Texan, working-class, Mexican American identity shapes his relationship to his stepbrother and to his family’s burning desire to become American.

• | Author: Sebastian H Paramo
• | Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 15, 2023
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780810146488
• | ISBN-10: 0810146487