Dirt and Honey

By Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

The retelling of Mexican family folktales, feminist reclamations of ancient myths, and new motherhood: Raquel Vasquez Gilliland's debut collection, Dirt and Honey , unearths the connection of these experiences with innovative language. Gilliland writes across myth, describing a woman who grew leaves, the grandmother of God, and the story of her grandfather, who left for Texas as a refugee of the Mexican Civil War. Gilliland's work centers readers in a place all her own--one in which ancient lineages are drawn with breast milk, seduction begins with feasts of peppers, and "fisherchildren" displaced by wars are always welcomed into new lands.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0999499564
• ISBN13: 9780999499566
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Green Writers Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 8.3"