A review by stierwood
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa

5.0

This one was heavy with theory which my quarantine brain wasn't fully prepared for! But I loved it for this reason- it made my brain explode. Bro, Anzaldua was straight up radical for her time, even though her "time" was only 50 years ago. Like, I'm learning the same theory in my women and gender studies courses that she was often not taken seriously for when she wrote this book. The poetry was really beautiful; in both Spanish and English, it was a challenge in the best way, for sure. The intentional decision to write in both languages as a juxtaposition to the constant compromise that Anzaldua often finds herself making while living at the crossroads of various marginalized identities surely came across and was very well-done, graceful, and powerful in doing so.