Rant. Chant. Chisme. is the debut collection of poetry by south Texas native Amalia Ortiz, featuring writing from the first decade of her career. Readers will get a taste of life on
the border from the perspective of a young woman of color struggling to write herself into existence. These poems introduce a unique new transcultural feminist viewpoint as the poems call for
social and political change along the borderlands. Ortiz, an award-winning performance poet known for her dynamic delivery style, relinquishes control of her writing to the reader, but not
without first imparting the theatrical stage directions stated in the book’s title, which commands readers to recite these poems aloud in a spoken word celebration exploring culture, music,
and place while encouraging the reader to embrace diversity and find their own storytelling voice.
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Nakupenda
$523 -
Plays One: Molora/Ram: the Abduction of Sita into Darkness/Mies Julie
$1,393 -
Liberian Girl
$673 -
An Unforgettable Journey
$720 -
Iredi War: A Folkscript
$763 -
The Magnitude of Small Things
$1,480 -
Lust, Lies, & Deadly Secrets
$488 -
New Territories: Theatre, Drama, and Performance in Post-apartheid South Africa
$2,788 -
Eclipsed
$488 -
Eclipsed
$523 -
Under the Iroko
$900 -
Envy: A Twisted Taste of Seduction
$495 -
A Rwandese Child Soldier
$855 -
Through These Brown Eyes
$1,350 -
The Magnitude of Small Things
$640 -
Tremaine: When a Man’s Fed Up
$540 -
Stay Loyal
$270 -
When Water Is Thicker Than Blood
$540 -
The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek
$488 -
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o & Wole Soyinka
$908