"For 14 months, I haven’t been able to make him a meal. For 14 months, I can’t hug my child. It doesn’t matter how old he is, he’s my boy. Every night I cannot sleep. And I wake up every single day at 4:30 in the morning to try to give back to my community what the community deserves." has a multitude of poems Latinas can really identify with and see themselves in, especially those just coming of age as a Latina in the U.S. The poem “Maybe She’s Born With It, Maybe She Got Up Early” has a section that perfectly sums up the topics in this collection: “...& I know that the first time/i got my heart broken, mami took me/into the kitchen & waxed my eyebrows/told me that the best revenge was looking/your best, reminded me that beauty is a lot /of things, but mostly it is pain. so Ow!/will win the pageant, melucha/Ay-Carajo-Shit! has a medal around her neck,/mi linda, Cómo Me Duele drives a shiny car/with the top down to the prettiest place/in the world, mi peluda.”ContentView Iframe URL4. Ariana Brown Now that brands are finally seeing your value, it’s fine to be flattered. Especially because most of the time, the thing you love has been ignored by the mainstream for so long that it’s almost a relief when someone recognizes it. Yesika is one of many voices in an ever-increasing poetry movement that continues to uplift Latinx voices. Over the last decade, more and more Latina poets have been able to emerge and create transcendent and significant collections of work, and it’s about time, truth be told. HavingLatinx voices