All Women Are Born Wailing - Paperback

by Nen G. Ramirez (Author)

Nen G Ramirez's ALL WOMEN ARE BORN WAILING confronts myriad forms of violence against Latinas. Drawing on personal and family experiences with mental illness, the poet challenges the "crazy Latina" stereotype and examines the ways it has been used to belittle and dehumanize people who deserve treatment and care. Unflinching in their critique of sexist and racist tropes, in these poems Ramirez experiments with persona and familial history, including the murder of a cousin, in order to imagine more hopeful futures.

Poetry. Latinx Studies.

Author Biography

Nen G Ramirez is a Chicanx writer from Adrian, Michigan. Their work has appeared in Acentos Review, Split Lip Magazine, Electric Literature, Poetry Magazine, and elsewhere. They received their MFA from the University of Minnesota. They live in St. Paul, Minnesota.