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Chicana On Fire: Ignited by the 1970's East L.A. Chicano Protest Movement
With threads of poems and other literary pieces about her Yaqui and Mestizaje heritage, Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin weaves a rich tapestry of her many-layered existence living as a Xicana in this country. Her activist background and her life in Aztlán now called the United States southwest gives her poetry a sensibility, a voice for Mexicans and Chicanos who experience life and struggles on both sides of the border. –Kate Maruyama, MFA, Affiliate Faculty in Creative Writing, Antioch University. Author, Solstice.
Aparicio-Chamberlin is truly a Chicana on Fire. Her words help us
understand ourselves and how others think they understand us. Her poetry
communicates the oppression we face and the individual, family, and
community strengths we have developed to surpass those obstacles.
This is a powerful book.
¡Siempre adelante!
–Félix Gutiérrez, Ph.D., USC, Co-author , Racism, Sexism, and the
The Rise of Class Communication in Multicultural America.
To open Chicana On Fire is to encounter an aroma of wet earth. History
and politics are braided into poems and stories. Poetry and storytelling
are of volcanic dimensions, eruptive and explosive. On other occasions they
are soft swells of maternal loving care dedicated to family and loved ones.
–Jimmy Centeno, Essayist, Latin American Art Research, Art Curator CASA 0101.
Aparicio-Chamberlin is truly a Chicana on Fire. Her words help us
understand ourselves and how others think they understand us. Her poetry
communicates the oppression we face and the individual, family, and
community strengths we have developed to surpass those obstacles.
This is a powerful book.
¡Siempre adelante!
–Félix Gutiérrez, Ph.D., USC, Co-author , Racism, Sexism, and the
The Rise of Class Communication in Multicultural America.
To open Chicana On Fire is to encounter an aroma of wet earth. History
and politics are braided into poems and stories. Poetry and storytelling
are of volcanic dimensions, eruptive and explosive. On other occasions they
are soft swells of maternal loving care dedicated to family and loved ones.
–Jimmy Centeno, Essayist, Latin American Art Research, Art Curator CASA 0101.
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Published May 11, 2022
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September 11, 2023
Thank you, Vibiana, for opening my eyes.
Vibiana's heart and mind mold to Chicanx history.
With poetry, she recounts and relives the hopes, pain, anguish, devotion, and loves of her people, past and present.
Through her, we learn how they endured and created.
Because of her, we admire what we have ignored.
Edie De Avila, editor at AAA and AARP magazines; volunteer publisher for Habitat for Humanity, Orange County, CA; author/illustrator, The Great Wine Adventure game book.
Vibiana's heart and mind mold to Chicanx history.
With poetry, she recounts and relives the hopes, pain, anguish, devotion, and loves of her people, past and present.
Through her, we learn how they endured and created.
Because of her, we admire what we have ignored.
Edie De Avila, editor at AAA and AARP magazines; volunteer publisher for Habitat for Humanity, Orange County, CA; author/illustrator, The Great Wine Adventure game book.
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