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    Rant. Chant. Chisme.

    By Amalia Ortiz

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    About this ebook

    Winner:
    2015 Writers' League of Texas Book Awards, Poetry Discovery Prize

    Rant. Chant. Chisme. is the debut collection of poetry by south Texas native Amalia Ortiz, featuring writing from the first decade of her career. Readers will get a taste of life on the border from the perspective of a young woman of color struggling to write herself into existence. These poems introduce a unique new transcultural feminist viewpoint as the poems call for social and political change along the borderlands. Ortiz, an award-winning performance poet known for her dynamic delivery style, relinquishes control of her writing to the reader, but not without first imparting the theatrical stage directions stated in the book's title, which commands readers to recite these poems aloud in a spoken word celebration exploring culture, music, and place while encouraging the reader to embrace diversity and find their own storytelling voice.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWings Press
    Release dateSep 1, 2015
    ISBN9781609404451
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