peluda 978-1-63834-295-3

peluda 978-1-63834-295-3Melissa Lozada Oliva, 2017. One of the most original performance poets of her generation, Melissa Lozada Oliva has captivated crowds across the country and online with her vivid narratives. Humorous and biting, personal and communal, self deprecating and unapologetically self loving, peluda (meaning hairy or hairy beast) is the poet at her best. The book explores the relationship between femininity and body hair as well as the intersections of family,

you're gonna meet someone too smart to love you

Her Mother the rib

and yet orients us toward

DeMulder brings to life a complicated truth: that what is most ephemeral

along with his own comments on anything that he feels needs further explanation

A College Spoken Word Phenom

Full of fun

they end as part of a lineage: one both of grief & glory

Acevedo’s My Dear Cult Leader is a journey of self-actualization

and climate crisis

continues to care for us

the world’s anger with the speaker’s kindness