Selena Didn't Know Spanish Either by Marisa Tirado

Selena Didn't Know Spanish Either by Marisa Tirado is a debut poetry collection which seeks Legendary Tejano Pop-Star Selena Quintanilla as a means of reconnecting to the speaker's cultural identity.

As Spanish language and culture becomes more accessible to non-Latinx populations, the speaker grapples with her own complex story of assimilation.

Modern marginalization, appropriation, tokenizing, and fetishizing are examined in this multi-generational memoir tracking a Latinx family's journey to assimilation.

This dynamic collection is far-reaching, exploring BIPOC experiences in predominantly white cultures.

Excerpt From Young Memoir:

Di-as-po-ra
Is silent. Is spiritual.
It is being robbed of memoir while you sleep in a suburb.
It is nonconsensually sensual—it is a question. 
When it comes for you, what will you recover?
What will you do to reclaim all that was forced lost?