# For Want of Water

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- Book: [For Want of Water](https://www.bookquiver.com/sasha-roque-pimentel/for-want-of-water) ([For Want of Water.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/sasha-roque-pimentel/for-want-of-water.md))
- Authors: [Sasha Roque Pimentel](https://www.bookquiver.com/sasha-roque-pimentel), [Gregory Pardlo](https://www.bookquiver.com/gregory-pardlo)
- Publisher: beacon_press
- ISBN: 978-08-0702-785-1
- Pages: 136
- Published: 2017-10-17
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Searing verses set on the Mexican border about war and addiction, love and sexual violence, grief and loss, from an American Book Award–winning author. Selected by Gregory Pardlo as winner...