Women who write

I've been reading a lot of Gloria Anzaldua lately. Her soul speaks to mine, and I wish I had found her writings when I was a young adult. As it was, I spent late high school and college clinging to writers like Michelle Serros, Richard Rodriguez, and Sandra Cisneros. Today, there are so many writers that are sharing our stories, it's such a beautiful, wondrous thing! They are sharing those stories of borderlands--las fronteras--not just geographical borderlands, although the stories of border towns need to be told--but the cultural border that is the Chicanx experience. 

And things are changing! The writers hold that power. Our voices are finally being heard, being valued. This is such an exciting time in our history--we are the children, the grandchildren of that generation that sacrifiiced everything--we are the dream, fully realized. To be able to finally share those stories in book groups, in virtual learning communities, in our friendships, is allowing these stories to unfurl before us, like a red carpet welcoming us into literary history. It almost feels like we don't even need to bother with code switching any more--let's just let our Zacatecana flags fly and be our authentic selves! *ah, my heart* I wonder what my grandparents would have thought of these times. I miss them.

In the words of Gloria Anzaldua, "I write because I'm scared of writing, but I'm more scared of not writing." ¡Adelante!