Each and Her

by Valerie Martinez

Book Overview

In 2004 twenty-eight women and young girls were murdered in Ciudad Juárez and the surrounding areas. The tragedy escalated to fifty-eight murders in 2006, then again to eighty-six in 2008, and current estimates top four hundred deaths. Now poet Valerie Martínez offers a poetic exploration of these events, pushing boundaries--stylistically and artistically--with vivid poems that contextualize femicide. Martínez departs from traditional narrative to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816528594
• ISBN13: 9780816528592
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.0"