Yael Valencia Aldana, in conversation with Jennifer Maritza McCauley
Yael Valencia Aldana in conversation with Jennifer Maritza McCauley in an evening of discussion and poetry reading. City Lights and the University of Kentucky Press celebrate the publication of Black Mestiza: Poems by Yael Valencia AldanaPublished by The University Press of Kentucky
(as part of the University Press of Kentucky New Poetry & Prose Series)
In Black Mestiza, Pushcart Prize winning poet Yael Valencia Aldana reckons with her identity as a Caribbean Afro-Latinx/e woman with Indigenous, Black, and white roots and pays homage to the legacy, resilience, and fortitude of her ancestors. These stunning poems paint a vivid picture of everyday life and Aldana’s experiences as a mixed-race woman, daughter, and mother.
Yael Valencia Aldana 