When I first went to Mexico in 1974 and was involved in Chicano teatro-Mexican American guerilla theater-I realized that my politics and my poetry could merge; suddenly it wasn't just for me. Before then, I didn't share this poetry; I kept it in notebooks... (Lorna Cervantes)

When I first went to Mexico in 1974 and was involved in Chicano teatro-Mexican American guerilla theater-I realized that my politics and my poetry could merge; suddenly it wasn't just for me. Before then, I didn't share this poetry; I kept it in notebooks...

Lorna Cervantes

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