Diana Garc a was born in a migrant labor camp. Her poetry has appeared in such periodicals as The Kenyon Review and in the anthologies El Coro, Paper Dance, and Touching the Fire. She currently teaches at California State University, Monterey Bay, where she coordinates the Institute for Human Communication's Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking Program. A Latina and Latino Literary Series October 120 pp. Dawn stuck in the air.
Blackbirds rang the willows.
Ahead, a horse trailer stretched across the road. Braced by youth and legends of summer breeze we didn't give a damn. We'd be late, we joked, stalled by a pregnant mare draped in sheets. In Diana Garc a's richly peopled and passionate landscapes, the lines are active, colorful, sassy. Sisters, grandmothers, mothers, 'otherMarias,' lovers, sons are painted with a fast, vibrant tongue.