{"product_id":"the-river-runs-stories-9781889568218","title":"The River Runs: Stories","description":"Thomas Ray Garcia's debut short story collection presents revitalized insights into Texas-Mexico border culture, highlighting tales of resilience while refusing to shy away from the omnipresent reality the river imposes. Written from 2015 to 2020, these stories resist a singular vision of the border, centering the Rio Grande as a site of transformation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere, river crossings lead to cross-country runs and astral projections. A pregnant teenager learns about motherhood from a curandera. A scholarship boy grapples with his fronterizo identity. The sister of a border patrol agent lives in fear of deportation. A child looks into the eye of a drone and sees his family anew.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe River Runs: Stories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e won the Américo Paredes Literary Arts Prize for Fiction sponsored by FlowerSong Press from McAllen, Texas, and Prickly Pear Publishing from Santa Fe, New Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Prickly Pear Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620946645266,"sku":"9781889568218","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8b1a1e35-14a5-48b3-a28c-d41329678eff.jpg?v=1732576284","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-river-runs-stories-9781889568218","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}