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TRACING THE
HORSE
By Diana Marie Delgado
Diane Marie
Delgado’s long awaited collection of poems are to be
read “for feeling’ in a world gone one-dimensional.” This is her
story – her coming of age. It’s the
story of family, violence, loneliness and addiction. There is no filter, just a
stark vulnerability that captures her readers’ attention and hearts.
SUMMARY: Set in Southern
California's San Gabriel Valley, Diana Marie Delgado’s debut poetry collection
follows the coming-of-age of a young Mexican-American woman trying to make
sense of who she is amidst a family and community weighted by violence and
addiction. With bracing vulnerability, the collection chronicles the effects of
her father’s drug use and her brother’s incarceration, asking the reader to
consider reclamation and the power of the self.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: TRACING THE HORSE is Diana Marie Delgado's debut
poetry collection, published by BOA Editions. She is also the
author of Late Night Talks with Men I Think I Trust (2015). She is a recipient of a 2017 NEA Fellowship in Poetry and has received grants and scholarships from Hedgebrook, Bread Loaf, Letras Latinas and Jack Jones Literary Retreat. Delgado holds a BA iin poetry from UC Riverside and an MFA in poetry from Columbia University. Her poetry has appeared in Ploughshares, Tin House, Ninth Letter, The
North American Review, Prairie Schooner, TriQuarterly, and Fourteen Hills. Her work is rooted in her experiences growing up in the
Mexican-American community, and she is a member of the CantoMundo and Macondo
writing communities. She is the Literary Director of the Poetry Center at the
University of Arizona in Tucson. Visit her at
www.dianamariedelgado.com.
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