alejandra ibarra

Cover art by Adriana Y. Gallego.

ISBN 0-9660773-6-9 / 2001 / $7.00 / 32 pages / saddlestitched

"Self love. Power. Shamelessness. Sexual curiosity. All of these are elements of the erotic that alejandra ibarra invokes in these poems. They speak to a yearning, a jonesin', a hunger that feeds Chicana spirituality and sexuality. The poems in this collection are located at the crux of experience, imagination and expression... Their lyricism invokes the rhythm of the clave beat, as well as the repetition of a lover's whispers...ibarra creates new models for talking about love within Chicana feminist discourse. Santa Perversa is one incarnation of a new subjectivity."

   - From the Forward by Eliza Rodriguez y Gibson.

alejandra ibarra, aka reina a. prado, is notoriously known as a seductive poetess throughout the Southwest. Graduate school prompted a need to express a repressed voice of desire. Through her poetry she challenges the taboos imposed on Chicana/Latina women by delving into the realm of the erotic. Her poems arouse the deepest desires locked in our psyche. Since her debut as a poet at Diva Delights, Performing Arts Center, California State University, Northridge, she has presented her work at: The 1999 San Jose Floricanto Festival; ReGen Salon July 1999 along with artist Olivia Armas; and has shared her work with intimate audiences in the Bay Area, Washington D.C. and Tucson. She recently finished post graduate work at USC and is currently working on her dissertation.

ISBN 0-9660773-6-9 / 2001 / $7.00 / 32 pages / saddlestitched