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 of border politics mirrors huma...