Black and Indigenous women poets, DM me links to your work. I’m on a poetry selection committee and I want to lift you!

Esp. Queer and disabled Black and Indigenous women. Esp. esp. trans Black and Indigenous women.

I don’t care about your resume or publication history or where you are in the world. I just want to read your words.

This is also like a year out, so don’t wait for a contact. I’ll just be adding your name/info to a proposed reading list.

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THIS STORY OF SEPARATION AND SACRIFICE could not be more timely: a young writer’s thoughtful memoir of finishing high school and college in the US on her own, after her parents had to return to Mexico, emphasizes the human costs of public policy. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-side-of-the-river-elizabeth-camarillo-gutierrez/1143330016?ean=9781250277954

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FIERY, UNSETTLING, INCISIVE collection of essays delves deep into history and cultural critique as well as the author’s life for a rigorous exploration of power and control, from racism and colonialism to misogyny and sexual violence. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/creep-myriam-gurba/1143063142?ean=9781982186470

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