peluda by Melissa Lozada-Oliva is not an easy poetry book to review. Her themes of being a woman and being a Latina woman in America is the entire book. Once you have said that, you have said everything you need to know. My interpretations of most of her poems is that the subjects become repetitive. She mentions her self-consciousness about her body (her excess hair and the issues that come about with waxing all areas a woman is apt to wax; plus, her issues with the […]
Latina identity and the poet that takes you on a journey through it
peluda by Melissa Lozada-Oliva
