The Operating System gives us LA COMANDANTE MAYA by Rita Valdivia, translated by Margaret Randall. Margaret Randall defies the absence of women's stories in Che's myth, bringing us the brilliant poetry and powerful personal history of this woman who died in combat just after her 23rd birthday. In a pre-feminist era and before she was 17, Rita named and escaped domestic violence. Not yet 20, she wrote poems that continue to astonish. At 22 she assumed a leadership role in Bolivia's Army of National Liberation (ELN), the fighting force that took up the struggle for freedom where Che left off. Get your copy at spdbooks.org . . . #ritavaldivia #cheguevara #theoperatingsystem #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #poets #poetsofig (at Small Press Distribution)
