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Book SynopsisIn this updated edition of Ana Castillo's celebrated novel in verse, featuring a new introduction by Poet Laureate of Texas, Carmen Tafolla, we revisit the story's spirited heroine, known only as ""
Ella"" or ""She,"" as she takes us through her own epic journey of self-actualization as an artist and a woman.
Trade ReviewAna Castillo has done it again—contributed an edgy, unique, and singularly vital book of literature to the world of Chicano letters and beyond.
Watercolor Women Opaque Men must be opened, read, and savored, over and over again, to even begin to mine the immense treasures contained within."" - Luis J. Rodríguez, Poet Laureate of Los Angeles
""Castillo’s novel in verse is mythic, earthy, sardonic, and unsparing in its outrage and compassion as she joins story and poetry, past and present, and love and valor."" - Donna Seaman,
Booklist""Castillo’s sincerity is obvious, and we enjoy how deftly a writer can wield her pen, her wit, her aspirations and visions."" - Peter Matera,
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