The Human Body is a Constellation, Mapping Out the Past | Violeta Garza

Calatayud conveys the undeniable indifference of the world in matters of feminine distress. In “Growing Up Female Around American Shooters,” the poet states, “To be female is to be raw 24/7”
Un Poco Manic | Violeta Garza

I didn’t know then that, / ultimately, my mother was all alone, despite how much people envied her / Verónica Castro eyes, despite her three children always trying to please her, / watchful for the ways we could be exactly who she wanted us to be.