La La Landia: A Journey Through my Frontera CD Shuffle by Priscilla Celina Suárez, finalist for the Helen C. Smith Memorial Award for Best Book of Poetry

The borderlands of South Texas are the backdrop to this lively collection of poetry that explores the complexity of bridges, inviting readers to delve into the spaces between fronteras that connect and disconnect. Suarez shuffles through the vibrant music that inspired this book while recollecting the many rinconcitos of her beloved Rio Grande Valley.

Caution

Th is book was written by a pocha and will intentionally

include a lot of Tex-Mex spanglish and made-up words. If you

read this book, please don’t be annoyed by my pocha tongue.

It is my language, and I made a choice.