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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Auto/Body by Vickie Vértiz is a rebellion against violence and colonization. ‘Rights to land that was never / yours Now you dig your hands into teenage girls.’ Her linguistic virtuosity challenges, cajoles, and questions repressive attitudes. She playfully engages metaphor, paradox, and satire. Vértiz is a bold, strong voice. ‘I’m not afraid. In this sparkle, in the middle of all of us, I am / not afraid to burn down this and every song.’” —Sheryl Luna, author of Magnificent Errors
"The fierceness in Auto/Body does not relent, whether in its crisp memory-capture or in its attention to legacy, to present, to future in its constant ache and rift of loveliness and tumult. With undeniable power and lush clarity, Vickie Vertiz writes a path for readers to follow even when 'there’s nowhere to go,' even when 'the world keeps ending,' writing with 'a love which implores all of us to act & walk the fractures.'" —Khadijah Queen, author of I'm So Fine
"In this collection, Vértiz asks the necessary questions, invites us to give our thanks and not our judgement and shows us that the way forward is through the memories we live out daily." —Raquel Salas Rivera, former poet laureate of Philadelphia
"Vickie Vértiz’s voice sings out like a trumpet on a battlefield. She writes with a pen so determined it could win a war. Her poems make even the most foreign parts of the world feel known and personal. What a way to ascend and take us with her." —Darrel Alejandro Holnes, author of Stepmotherland
"Auto/Body by Vickie Vértiz draws on the ostentatious beauty and raw power of Los Angeles car culture to interrogate constructions of gender and family dynamics within a Latinx context." —Harriet Books
"The title of Vickie Vértiz’s latest poetry collection, Auto/Body, suggests the inner workings of cars, but its focus has to do with the harnessing and distribution of power, personally and societally. Sometimes fueled by rage, sometimes by desire, this power serves as the driving force behind this collection." —ZYZZYVA: A San Francisco Journal of Arts & Letters
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