Publisher's Synopsis
"In stunningly varied poetic forms and a rich chorus of voices, Houston Poet Laureate Leslie Contreras Schwartz's third collection, Who Speaks for Us Here, uses poetry to examine the divide between individual and public bodies as it documents narratives of those usually silenced, including people with mental illness, sex workers, women who are trafficked, and children in custody while it also unpacks the history of her family, especially the women thereof. A Latinx poet, activist, and mother Contreras Schwartz shines in this stirring collection as she speaks directly to so many of the violent facets of our. American moment."--Publisher's description.
