Dra. Martha Rivas

Altadena Poetry Review, Sunday, May 5, 3:30-4:30pm, Mountain View Mausoleum

Dr. Martha bridges her scholarly brilliance into critical-poetics to deconstruct white supremacy and systemic oppression, while celebrating the resilience by Communities of Color. Dr. Martha is a visual artist and spoken-word cantadora; her critical-poetics appear in the 2017 AMAE Journal; 2024 SOMOS XICANAS Anthology by Somos en Escrito Literary Foundation Press; 2023 Poem of the Week Poetry Review; and is also a 2022 VersoFrontera Poetry Fellow. Her first full collection of prose and poetry,
STAY TRUCHA: Chicana love language en voz alta is slated for 2025 by Mouthfeel Press.

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