Luivette Resto
Luivette Resto, a mother, teacher, poet, and Wonder Woman fanatic, was born in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico but proudly raised in the Bronx. Her two books of poetry Unfinished Portrait and Ascension have been published by Tía Chucha Press. Some of her latest work can be found on the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center website, Bozalta, Spillway, and North American Review. Living on Islands Not Found on Maps is her third poetry collection and first publication with FlowerSong Press. She lives in the San Gabriel Valley with her three children, a.k.a. her revolutionaries.
In these vulnerable pages, there are lessons and conversations with Audre Lorde, Tina Turner, Nikki Giovanni, and Naomi Ayala as well as my ancestors, children, the ocean, and me. All of it centering around inheritance, shame, grief, resilience, spirituality, and the multitudinous roles of women.