In the Whirlwind is a poetic storm that frees history from the cages of corruption and puts it in the hands of everyday people. Words are weaved into a new fashion statement that has nothing to do with runways but everything to do with projects!
Contraband Marriage, traveling along the hemline of loving after incarceration, is a love story written in lyric and free form, set in reality with a different ever after.
"In a sunset, faith, In a sunrise, hope" is a mantra present in Aurelio Sanchez stories of magic realism.
Background
Information
A 33-year veteran newspaper writer with the Albuquerque Journal, the largest and oldest daily in New Mexico, Aurelio Sanchez has begun to translate those real life stories accumulated over three decades of newspaper work into stories and poetry filled with offbeat characters and tinged with themes of found and lost love, cultural alienation and celebration, experiencing tragedy and overcoming obstacles, redemption and hope.
Birth Place
Los Lunas, NM
Accomplishments
New Mexico Press Club winner for Feature Stories, Albuquerque Ape Club winner for Spot News and Feature Stories.