A South Side Girl's Guide to Love & Sex: Poems Binding:Paperback and also containing rampant fatphobia

and also containing rampant fatphobia

So when her mum returns from her latest trip

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Blending the autobiographical with the fantastical

poco a poco Marlene emprende el camino de aprender a apreciar su pelo rizo y llevarlo con orgullo

A South Side Girl's Guide to Love & Sex: Poems Binding:Paperback and also containing rampant fatphobiaAs a child of Puerto Rican migrants on Chicago's Southside, Mayda's Del Valle's poetry utilizes part Spanish and English, part hip hop and salsa, part Nas and Sonia Sanchez, part Shakespeare and John Leguizamo. It is inherited history as well as traditions remixed and invented. Del Valle creates autobiographical narratives that utilize spoken word poetry and music, intended equally for the page and live performance. Rooted in the aesthetics of hip hop