Dreaming with Mariposas

Sonia Guti rrez's Dreaming with Mariposas, written in a Tom s Rivera and Sandra Cisneros bildungsroman vignette style, recounts the story of the Mart nez family as told through the eyes of transfronteriza/transboundary Sof a Mart nez, "Chofi," Francisco and Helena's daughter, as well as multiple narrators, emulating oral tradition. The novel embraces food as a communal practice with the ability to heal a family through storytelling. Dreaming with Mariposas presents glimpses of poetic diction in times of anti-rhetoric, inspiring readers to reclaim their sacred spaces and voices and to pursue dreams even when the future looks dismal. Chofi witnesses institutional racism, sexual harassment, and colorism and learns to navigate her parents' dreams and her dreams as she discovers her superpower, the strength of her Mexican Indigenous heritage, and the spirit world.

Author: Sonia Gutiérrez
Publisher: Flowersong Press
Published: 12/14/2020
Pages: 210
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9781953447999

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.4
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 512366 / Dreaming with Mariposas

About the Author
Gutiérrez, Sonia: - Sonia Gutiérrez is the author of Spider Woman / La Mujer Araña (Olmeca Press, 2013) and the coeditor of The Writer's Response (Cengage Learning, 2016). She teaches critical thinking and writing, women's, gender, and sexuality studies, and multicultural studies. Her second bilingual poetry collection, Paper Birds / Pájaros de papel, is seeking publication. She is currently working on Sana Sana Colita de Rana, a poetry collection, and moderating Poets Responding. She lives in California with her family and cat, Arlito. To learn more about Sonia Gutiérrez and her work, visit www.soniagutierrez.com.