Mari a Esquinca is a Xicana fronteriza and an abolitionist. She was born in Ciudad Jua rez, Chihuahua, Mexico, and grew up in El Paso, Texas. She received her MFA from the University of Miami. Her poetry has appeared in Waxwing,Michigan Quarterly Review, South Carolina Review, Best New Poets, and more.
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"Mari a Esquinca creates poems like a journalist - well researched and properly sourced- revealing and exposing the ills and injustices all around us but her poems are also testimonies to the way language can give our lives shape, meaning, and hope." - Maceo Montoya, professor of Chicano/a studies and English, University of California, Davis, author of Preparatory Notes for Future Masterpieces: A Novel "Esquinca's poetry captures raw emotion with striking precision, drawing on lived experiences to create deeply resonant narratives. Through her work, history and identity come alive, giving voice to the struggles of migrants and the memories of communities. Her writing demonstrates the power of language to reveal truths, foster healing, and inspire change, urging readers to confront the spaces where pain meets possibility, and silence transforms into song." - Leo n Salvatierra, The New Oeste series editor, author of To the North/Al norte