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Puertoriquena, broken boriken, spanglish at home, six hours between me and DC, living between books. living in a sun-filled summer place stuffed with poetry and sandalwood, spirits and passion fruit juice.Co-author of Sister Chicas, one of my most proud moments. This is what the famous poet and author Pat Mora says about Sister Chicas: "I wish I could invite Taina, Leni and Graciela, those funny and lively Sister Chicas, to my kitchen table. They'd start confiding and laughing about their familias, clothes and, of course, boys. Like all real sisters, they'd share what matters to them, honoring their Latino culture, writing from the heart; each one becoming a beautiful, unique mujer. Â¡Maravilloso!"-- Pat Mora, author of Aunt Carmen's Practical Book of Saints, and DoÃ±a Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart

My Interests

Contemporary poetry in US, currently looking at 19th century Latin American women's poetry and contemporary Caribbean women's poetry, wooden rollercoasters. Activities: driving through NY state countryside, playing with my nephew

I'd like to meet:

like minds and unlike minds, poets and painters, people who love dijon, people who didn't fall into saying 'freedom fries', men who wear sarongs, anyone who remembers the film Apartment Zero.

Music:

AfroCelt, Ismael Rivera, Angie Stone, Tori Amos, Cassandra Wilson, Nina Simone, Betty Carter, Fall Out Boy, Imogen Heap, Amy Winehouse, Mana, M'chelle N'degecello, Shakira, --ok, going back in the days, starting here: Tribe Called Quest, Fishbone, Agent Orange, Suicidal Tendencies, The Smiths, DeLaSoul, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Movies:

Babette's Feast, Daughters of the Dust, The Picture Book, Raise the Red Lantern,

Television:

The George Lopez Show, The Daily Show, Family Guy, anything on National Geographic, Little Britian, PBS's Independent Lens, Girlfriends

Books:

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Gathering Ground: A Cave Canem Reader, The Dew Breaker and Farming of Bones or anything from Edwidge Danticat, poems by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Leaving Yuba City), The Drifting Spirits by Guadeloupan writer Gisele Pineau, White Elephants by Reetika Vazirani, Soledad by Angie Cruz, City of Dead and Coughing Radiators by Martin Espada, You Don't Miss Your Water by Cornelius Eady, Venus Hottentot by Elizabeth Alexander, The Yellow House on the Corner by Rita Dove, Stephen King's IT, Walter Mosley's Blue Light, Nalo Hopkinson's Skin Folk, Sandra Cisneros'

Heroes:

my mother, my grandmother Juana, my great Aunt Victoria, DC Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton, poets Sonia Sanchez and Lucille Clifton, the late artist Ana Mendieta, artist Betye Saar.

My Blog

Manga and an old lady

Ok, so I'm only 37 but don't I feel old standing with my nephew in a manga store in a town called Endicott, right outside Binghamton, NY called "Made in Japan" on Washington Ave. It's the ...
Posted by Jane on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 11:14:00 PST

WSKG fm, Off the Page interview

Well, wouldn't you believe it? Mango juice clears up headaches! Today on WSKG radio (Bill Jaker's call-in show Off the Page), a listener called and while I was expecting a question about Sister Chicas...
Posted by Jane on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:12:00 PST