A review by aclassicalmess
Borderlands / La Frontera by Gloria E. Anzaldúa

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

When I write it feels like I'm carving bone. It feels like I'm creating my own face, my own heart-a Nahuatl concept. My soul makes itself through the creative act. It is constantly remaking and giving birth to itself through my body. It is this learning  to live with la Coatlicue that transforms living in the Borderlands  from a nightmare into a numinous experience.

I had to read the first two chapters of this for my uni course and found it interesting enough to want to continue and I am very glad I did. I loved quite a few of the essays and learned a lot from them, the poetry section I was less a fan. But some of these essays feel like must-reads especially the first two and possibly the fifth one as well.