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"A woman who writes had power. And a woman with power is feared." - Gloria Anzaldua

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Born in 1942, Anzaldua grew up in Rio Grande Valley Texas where she experienced life on the border of America and Mexico. She went to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and Austin. She lectured at the University of Santa Cruz where she shared her experience of being Chicana and queer. Her books are semi-autobiographical with them expanding on her experience or observations in being so close to the border while using fictional characters to tell that story.

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"We don't want to be, Stars but part, of constellations."

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This poem speaks to rising creators, inspiring them to "speak with their chest" no matter their identity. Anzaldua recognizes that artists, poets, want to be heard. Despite this being part of the larger piece "The Gloria Anzaldua Reader" I believe that this poem alone speaks volumes in terms of what and how Anzaldua wrote. The book offers a collection of Anzaldua's work and bibliographic writings. The topics covered include: identity, multiculturalism, and disability.

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"Nights I'll sleep cradling your skull, sharpening my teeth on your toothless grin."

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Similar to the aforementioned book, "Borderlands" is also a collection of poems and essay's. Anzaldua focuses on culture, heritage, the identity crisis of being on the border, women in Hispanic culture, and lesbians in a straight world. She expresses anger towards oppressors and understanding between identity.

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This interview is of Anzaldua going into detail about her book "Borderlands" and what she thought when it came to explaining the culture within the book.

https://poetry.arizona.edu/blog/interview-gloria-anzald%C3%BAa

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A beautiful poem from Borderlands: https://subvertandworship.blog/2019/12/17/was-i-wrong-about-gloria-anzaldua/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45882.Borderlands_La_Frontera

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gloria-e-anzaldua

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/159943/the-new-speakers

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Gloria E. Anzaldúa was a queer Chicana poet, writer, and feminist theorist. Her poems and essays explore the anger and isolation of occupying the margins of culture and collective identity. Anzaldúa has been awarded the Lambda Lesbian Small Book Press Award, a Sappho Award of Distinction, and an NEA Fiction Award, among others.