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Todas Nosotras, Sutherland Jaramillo
Todas Nosotras, Sutherland Jaramillo
Chamisa: A Journal of Literary, Performance, and Visual Arts of the Greater Southwest
Through the consideration of the figure of La Llorona in poetic narratives, these poems, which are selections from a self-produced collection of poetry in my Master’s Thesis "La Llorona in Nuevomexicana Poetic Narratives: Reflections on Writing and Memory," explore themes of identity, place, and memory, and offer a reflection on the role of women as storytellers and the possibility of reimagining the lore to tell the story of both La Llorona’s haunting liminality and empowerment.