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Selena Didn't Know Spanish Either|Marisa Tirado
Selena Didn't Know Spanish Either : Poems
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Selena 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?

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  • ISBN-13: 9781680032659
  • ISBN-10: 1680032658
  • Publisher: Texas Review Press
  • Publish Date: May 2022
  • Dimensions: 7.87 x 5.83 x 0.39 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.05 pounds
  • Page Count: 46

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