Cayetana

Overview

As entrancing as her first collection, this lively second full-length volume of poems by a younger Latina poet explores many San Antonio and South Texas cultural landmarks. Fans of passionate poetry will enjoy the collection's witty but mild feminist eroticism.

Reviews

"Breathless, yet filled with light and mystery. Trevino's poetry has the directness and simple sensuality of poetic truth." —Carmen Tafolla, PhD, author, Sonnets to Human Beings

Author Biography

Frances Trevino is the author of The Laughter of Doves and Mama and Other Tragedies, a 1999 fellow for the National Endowment for the Humanities, the recipient of the 2000 Premió Poesía Tejana Award, and a teacher of British literature for the San Antonio Independent School District.