Space Junk from the Heavenly Palace - Paperback

by Rachelle Escamilla (Author)

" Like the crash that sets off this book, Space Junk from the Heavenly Palace is equal parts mysterious, fiery, and chaotic. From the outermost coastlines of the deep cosmos, to the purple undersides of a dead crab, these poems traverse the borders of race, class, gender, and sexuality to fiercely interrogate a life at the edges. You will laugh, scream, rage. Escamilla has written a book for the comrades and the comadres, for anyone whose ever had get lost to find themselves.' " - EDGAR GOMEZ

Author Biography

Rachelle Escamilla is the author of three collections of poetry, the winner of a number of literary awards, the former producer and host of the longest running poetry radio show in the U.S., was a visiting scholar at the Library of Congress, and is the founder of numerous poetry and creative writing programs in the United States as well as in China. Rachelle has been a food columnist and a fashion editor whose work has been published internationally. Escamilla is the daughter of farm workers from the Central Coast of California and currently sits as the Poet Laureate for Monterey County.