Texas Institute of Letters Award finalist for Best First Book of Poetry ampampamp10Inampampamp160El Rey of Gold Teeth Reyes Ramirez explores living in America as a firstgeneration American of Salvadoran and Mexican descent living among conflicting histories. ampampamp10Through the voices of an astronaut a tennis player a drag queen family members an alternate version of the self and even a turtle these propulsive poems embody the many marginalized voices demanding to be remembered in a nation that requires erasure of histories.ampampamp10Colonizing languages and subverting forms rerouting histories and finding the mundane made extraordinaryampampamp160El Rey of Gold Teethampampamp160breaks open notions of destiny in humorous and devastating ways to reimagine the past and present a new future where lack transforms to abundance where there will be many answers to every question. Reyes Ramirezs debut poetry collection plays in spaces of both elegy and joy and introduces a vibrant new talent.