FACING DEATH: POEMS by Ruben Mendez - PREORDER - SHIPS FEB 3, 2026

This debut collection of poems from Texas-based former Seattleite Ruben Mendez is stark and magnificent at once, like life itself, candy catching our eye amidst the broken glass. Drawing from our shared pop cultural stew and a chasm-deep compassionate soul, the poems collected in Facing Death embrace the contradictions we fear to name.

RUBEN MENDEZ was born in Gonzales, TX. He has lived in Austin, Seattle, and New York at the end of those cities’ “cool” cache. He loves film, painting, and records. He currently lives in Round Rock, TX. This is his first collection of poetry.

Paperback book, 164 pages.