Paper birds: feather by feather / pájaros de papel: pluma por pluma - sonia gutiérrez

Paper Birds: Feather by Feather / Pájaros de papel: Pluma por pluma is a bilingual poetry collection, in English and Spanish, by the recipient of the Tomás Rivera Book Award Sonia Gutiérrez, with translations by Francisco Bustos.

Sonia Gutiérrezs poems dive into the blue/turquoise feathers of life along the border, within the cultural waves of Raza tumult and celebration; her poems strike the bone like drumsticks.

These poems pat the heart like a mothers loving hand, lock arms with sisters and brothers like a fellow guerillista, she sings from the blood like the ocean waves the shore, she spirals her poetic magic until transformation occurs, and we are changed-bravo! -Jimmy Santiago Baca, author of No Enemies: Poems Sonia Gutiérrez writes visceral, magical poems of power and grace.

She speaks to legacies, homage, and justice.

The Spanglish translations weave beautifully with the English into a tapestry of important questions for our country and our time.

Paper Birds: Feather by Feather is a gift of necessary heat, music, and ultimately, joy.

-Lee Herrick, Poet Laureate of California and author of Scar and Flower.