{"product_id":"vatos","title":"Vatos","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne evening  Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Jos Galvez heard Luis Alberto Urrea read \"Hymn to Vatos Who Will Never Be in a Poem\" with its chant-like repetitions and its evocation of Chicano manhood. As Luis read each line  an image clicked in Joss memory  and he knew that he had already taken that photograph. The result of that experience is this remarkable book. A unique collaboration of two acclaimed artists  Vatos is a tribute to Latino men who are too often forgotten  ignored and misrepresented by the larger culture-children playing in the streets  migrant workers toiling for a better life  homeboys in the barrio  young men with their girlfriends and their mothers  blue collar workers  activists on the streets  sons  uncles  fathers  and grandfathers. Vatos recognizes their joys  their sorrows  their tenderness and their strength. Through Galvez photographs and Urreas words  they will not be forgotten. The word \"vato \" by the way  is Mexican-American slang  a word that means \"dude\" or \"guy \" but here it carries more soul than either of these. Jos Galvez was lead photographer of a L.A. Times team that received a Pulitzer Prize for a stunning portrayal about Latinos in Southern California. Jos and his colleagues were the first Hispanics to receive a Pulitzer. For over 30 years  Galvez has been documenting his Mexican-American culture  through photographs. He has done much freelance photojournalism and has contributed photos to the book Americanos produced by Edward James Olmos. Bloomsbury Review named Luis Alberto Urrea as one of its \"10 Young Writers to Watch.\" His book Across the Wire  which depicts life at the edges of the dumps in Nogales  is in its 10th printing. A novelist  essayist and poet  he has received the Christopher Award  the Colorado Center for the Book Award  the Western States Book Award for Poetry  and the American Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966458916917,"sku":"ByrdShop_0938317520","price":92.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780938317524.jpg?v=1770563021","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/vatos","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}