ANGELS OF THE AMERICLYPSE

New Latin@ Writing published by Counterpath Press

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We are not sleeping well. Our eyes are open. Perhaps the bed is too hard, says the one. The bed is not too hard, says the other. Night is over. The bed is unmoved. It is not the first time. The bed is new. It must be paid off within the year. We must avoid unnecessary charges. We must make regular payments. A small portion of our modest salaries. A reasonable sum for comfort. For sleep. Because our credit is not good. We are afraid to ask. We just pay. What else can we do? We pay and we pay. We pay. It cannot be the bed. But we are not sleeping well. We sleep without touching.

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MFA vs. POC - The New Yorker

In my workshop what was defended was not the writing of people of color but the right of the white writer to write about people of color without considering the critiques of people of color.

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Rigoberto Gonzalez at the Library of Congress: Latino Poetry: Pivotal Voices, Era of Transition (introduction by Rob Casper and Francisco Aragon

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Lorenzo Thomas : The Poetry Foundation

The cruelty of ages past affects us now

Whoever it was who lived here lived a mean life

Each door has locks designed for keys unknown

Our living room was once somebody’s home

Our bedroom, someone’s only room

Our kitchen had a hasp upon its door.

from "MMDCCXIII 1/2" by Lorenzo Thomas 

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western rattle by Roberto Harrison : The Poetry Foundation

finish, lie dead on the sorrow bed. stiff and related / to your furrowed, underlined, intention . . . / shit there, with the injected vellum that seeks / your heart. from machine with this Wake, this egg

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The “new,” the avant-garde, post-avant, or any such term denoting cutting-edge work, often carries with it imperialist undertones not easily ignored (though largely ignored nonetheless). Chicana/o poets know this all too well.-- J. Michael Martinez and Jordan Windholz

http://www.puertodelsol.org/martinez-windholz-poetics-of-suspicion.pdf

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Interview with Coco Fusco, conducted by Jill Lane as a part of the 6th Encuentro of the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, celebrated...

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Coco Fusco's "Observations of Predation in Humans" 

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"Instant Identity Ritual" by Guillermo Gomez-Pena. 

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"I change myself, I change the world.

Gloria Anzaldua 

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Alurista : The Poetry Foundation

Alberto Baltazar Urista Heredia, known as Alurista, is a Chicano poet and activist. He was born in Mexico City and moved to San Diego with his family at the age of 13. He earned a BA in psychology ...

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Four Poems by Rosa 

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On Rosa Alcalá at Montevidayo

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"At Hobby Lobby" by Rosa Alcala

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On UNDOCUMENTARIES at Isola de Rifiuti

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Full catalogue and index of poetry books at Shearsman Books. Find information about Author Rosa Alcala with photograph and biography. Buy poetry books online.

Rosa Alcala at Shearsman Books.