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Book SynopsisSelena Didn't Know Spanish Either is a debut poetry collection which seeks Tejano pop star Selena Quintanilla as a means of reconnecting to the speaker’s cultural identity. As Spanish language and culture becomes more accessible to non-Latinx populations, the speaker grapples with her own complex story of assimilation. Modern marginalization, appropriation, tokenizing, and fetishizing are examined in this multi-generational memoir tracking a Latinx family’s journey to assimilation. This dynamic collection is far-reaching, exploring BIPOC experiences in predominantly white cultures.
from “Young Memoir”
di·as·po·ra is silent. is spiritual. It is being robbed of memoir while you sleep in a suburb. it is nonconsensually sensual—it is a question. when it comes for you, what will you recover? what will you do to reclaim all that was forced lost?Table of Contents
- Young Memoir
- Mom Vs. The Cholas
- Soaring Above Marquez Livestock
- Ancestry
- Before the Revolt
- How to Make an Adobe Brick
- The Last Good Week
- Young Memoir
- The Asshole
- Beaver Island
- Northwoods
- Presque Isle
- Research
- The Call
- Charlottesville, Parkland High, Etc. Etc. Etc.
- Spacesuits
- Leave This Place
- Young Memoir
- Lorena Bobbitt
- Selena Didn’t Know Spanish Either
- Selena Sonnets
- Test Results
- Tragedy & Chorus
- Aggregate Data
- Hoyne at Night
- Jalisco, Tapalpa, Tequila
- The Source Has Exhausted Itself
