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American poetry --- Mexican American authors. --- Women authors. --- Chicano poetry (English) --- Mexican American poetry (English)
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Entering a Life is Ernesto Trejo's only full-length poetry collection, published one year before he died of cancer at the age of 40 in which he examines every-day life and common happenings.
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American poetry --- Chicano poetry (English) --- Mexican American poetry (English) --- American literature --- Mexican American authors.
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"In her striking second collection, Natalie Scenters-Zapico sets her unflinching gaze once again on the borders of things. Lima :: Limón illuminates both the sweet and the sour of the immigrant experience, of life as a woman in the U.S. and Mexico, and of the politics of the present day. Drawing inspiration from the music of her childhood, her lyrical poems focus on the often-tested resilience of women. Scenters-Zapico writes heartbreakingly about domestic violence and its toxic duality of macho versus hembra, of masculinity versus femininity, and throws into harsh relief the all-too-normalized pain that women endure. Her sharp verse and intense anecdotes brand her poems into the reader; images like the Virgin Mary crying glass tears and a border fence that leaves never-healing scars intertwine as she stares down femicide and gang violence alike. Unflinching, Scenters-Zapico highlights the hardships and stigma immigrants face on both sides of the border, her desire to create change shining through in every line. Lima :: Limón is grounding and urgent, a collection that speaks out against violence and works toward healing"--
American poetry --- Mexican American authors. --- Women authors. --- Chicano poetry (English) --- Mexican American poetry (English)
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American poetry --- Mexican American authors. --- Women authors. --- Chicano poetry (English) --- Mexican American poetry (English) --- Mexican Americans --- Poetry --- Social aspects. --- Women poets, American.
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