A South Side Girl's Guide to Love & Sex: Poems

by Mayda Del Valle

As a child of Puerto Rican migrants on Chicago's Southside, Mayda's Del Valle's poetry utilizes part Spanish and English, part hip-hop and salsa, part Nas and Sonia Sanchez, part Shakespeare and John Leguizamo. It is inherited history as well as traditions remixed and invented.

Del Valle creates autobiographical narratives that utilize spoken word poetry and music, intended equally for the page and live performance. Rooted in the aesthetics...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1882688562
• ISBN13: 9781882688562
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Tia Chucha
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"