We read Lorna Dee Cervantes’ “Beneath the Shadow of the Freeway” in class and I was actually really into it. I’ve never gotten the chance to read her poetry before so I picked up a copy of Emplumada where “Beneath … Continue reading
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A major aspect of coming of age is establishing and understanding identity. In her poem, “For the Color of My Mother,” Cherrie Moraga comes to an understanding of both her identity and her mother’s through descriptions of faces. In the … Continue reading