Beast Meridian by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal

“WINNER OF A 2019 WHITING AWARD,

THE JOHN A. ROBERTSON BEST FIRST BOOK OF POETRY AWARD FROM THE TEXAS INSTITUTE OF LETTERS,

AND A KATE TUFTS DISCOVERY AWARD FINALIST

Narrated by a speaker in mourning marked as an at-risk juvenile, Beast Meridian follows a first-generation Mexican-American girl in crisis surviving the painful experiences of a racialized girlhood, cultural displacement, generational trauma, familial loss, economic struggle, and violence.”