Review of Other Tongues anthology is out.

[square_root_of_pi]

Over on rabble there is a review of the anthology I am published in, Other Tongues: Mixed Race Women Speak Out (Inanna Poetry & Fiction series)  edited by Adebe Derango-adem and  Andrea Thompson.

http://rabble.ca/books/reviews/2011/02/mixed-race-women-speak-out

My piece gets mentioned in the review. To say I am excited, well, let's just say I am excited.

Edit:

Although the bit about "describes herself as half-Cherokee" has me on the defense. The other pieces mentioned in the article, the identities of the authors aren't referred to as "describes herself as this or that.".I am so used to people assuming I am either Italian or Latina that when my identity is revealed it comes as a shock because I don't "look Indian/Native American". It also doesn't help matters that whenever someone claims Native American they shoot for Cherokee. Trust me, I would love to claim I am half Sioux or half Aleut just to avoid the side eye accusation that I am just another person wanting to be a unique special native snowflake. 

I'm probably just hyper defensive, right?