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Metzali: Siwayul Shitajkwilu: Indigenous: Heart of a Womxn Writing
Siwayul Shitajkwilu ( Heart of a Womxn Writing) is the first book of poetry written by Nawat Two-Spirit Xemiyulu Manibusan Tapepechul. The collection contains poems in English, Spanish, and Nawat.
- GenresPoetry
56 pages, Paperback
Published April 23, 2018
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About the author
Xemiyulu Manibusan Tapepechul
9 books8 followersXemiyulu Manibusan Tapepechul, aka Xemi the Two-Spirit, is a Salvadoran Nawat Non-Binary Trans Womxn writer, actor, and coach.
She is Artistic Director of Nelwat Ishkamewe, a multilingual theatre company for the Spanish-speaking and English-speaking Native American/Indígena Diaspora communities presenting plays for audiences of all ages that narrate Indigenous oral and written history, shed light on Indigenous experiences, educate through intersectionality, and connect the Indigenous Diaspora from Latin America, where Xemi celebrates Native America by cultivating young Indigenous artists, honoring Indigenous Elders, and revering Two-Spirits, Transgender, Intersex, Asexual, Queer+ Indigenous people. With Xemi as Artistic Director, the company has collaborated with The International Mayan League USA, the Maya Cultural Group of Centreville, the Latin American Youth Center, and others to provide programming that has been free of charge to audiences, many of whom were first time theater patrons.
Xemi is always educating the public about Indigenous issues, and provide dire emotional labor for the growth of our mainstream communities. She leads community workshops that center healing through art, and help hone the artistic talents of our community members.
Still, like most Trans Womxn of Color Artists, Xemi is struggling to stay fed, stay warm, and stay creating.
Xemi is suffering from housing instability and is in need of support to keep doing the work she does. She is currently working on several short plays, full length plays, books, chapbooks, zines, and so much more!!!
Please help Xemi continue creating and surviving by supporting her Patreon page!
She is Artistic Director of Nelwat Ishkamewe, a multilingual theatre company for the Spanish-speaking and English-speaking Native American/Indígena Diaspora communities presenting plays for audiences of all ages that narrate Indigenous oral and written history, shed light on Indigenous experiences, educate through intersectionality, and connect the Indigenous Diaspora from Latin America, where Xemi celebrates Native America by cultivating young Indigenous artists, honoring Indigenous Elders, and revering Two-Spirits, Transgender, Intersex, Asexual, Queer+ Indigenous people. With Xemi as Artistic Director, the company has collaborated with The International Mayan League USA, the Maya Cultural Group of Centreville, the Latin American Youth Center, and others to provide programming that has been free of charge to audiences, many of whom were first time theater patrons.
Xemi is always educating the public about Indigenous issues, and provide dire emotional labor for the growth of our mainstream communities. She leads community workshops that center healing through art, and help hone the artistic talents of our community members.
Still, like most Trans Womxn of Color Artists, Xemi is struggling to stay fed, stay warm, and stay creating.
Xemi is suffering from housing instability and is in need of support to keep doing the work she does. She is currently working on several short plays, full length plays, books, chapbooks, zines, and so much more!!!
Please help Xemi continue creating and surviving by supporting her Patreon page!
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November 1, 2021
Written in a mix of English, Spanish, and Nawat, these poems are so clearly personal and direct. Several are framed as "open letters," and many are pieces explicitly talking to either communities or individuals - making this a chapbook of personal, conversational, sometimes angry and hurt but sometimes joyous, missives to the world from the artistic heart of a "Brown. Trans. Femme."
Favorites were 01, "An Introduction to Metzali," and 18, "A Prayer to Siwanawal."
Favorites were 01, "An Introduction to Metzali," and 18, "A Prayer to Siwanawal."
May 5, 2019
This book of poetry is an incredible insight to the experiences of the author who is a transgender native woman. These stories aren’t told often at all and when they are, you only hear of there suffering. In this book you will read about hardships but you’ll also read about her love, her growth, her passions, and much more. I’m truly grateful to have had the opportunity to read this book
March 24, 2020
Indigenous: Heart of a womxn writing. I liked the author's free spirt, truth, revelation of pain and of self-acceptance and reverence of ancestors.
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