Sor Juana reveals an exquisite alchemy-the provocative life and death of the baroque master, but also the speaker\'s own \'inherited trauma\' as \'a child of [a] dictatorship, \' which follows her into exile, prompting: \'This is the heart of the wound.\' The artistry here is replete with skill and grace.
Francisco Aragón Final Judge, Alta California Prize. \'History wedges itself / inside four syllables\'-the thesis of this breathtaking book-length poem.
Sor Juana reveals an exquisite alchemy-the provocative life and death of the baroque master, but also the speaker\'s own \'inherited trauma\' as \'a child of [a] dictatorship, \' which follows her into exile, prompting: \'This is the heart of the wound.\' The artistry here is replete with skill and grace
