La Dona, La Llorona

by Paul David Adkins

Book Overview

La Do a, La Llorona is a poetry book about alienation and inclusion. With imperviousness and ferocity, this famous Mexican ghost crisscrosses the northern border and makes both nations her own. La Llorona is not a sympathetic figure; she preys on children and drowns them in rivers. The stories highlight her pride, beauty, and vanity. In La Do a, La Llorona, the ghost is a woman with a past, a story common to American mythology. She is Mexican,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0997089369
• ISBN13: 9780997089363
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Lit Riot Press, LLC
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"