How to Be a Chicana Role Model

Welcome to the life of a Chicana role model... She's recited poetry by the outhouses at Lollapalooza...cleaned up after the Flygirls on the TV studio set of In Living Color...seduced a love-struck fan with a plagiarized poem...learned Spanish with a clique of catty co-eds in Mexico...traveled to inner-city schools to introduce reluctant readers to the wonder of words... This is the world that award-winning poet and NPR commentator Michele Serros explores in this vibrant, witty, and...
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Welcome to the life of a Chicana role model... She's recited poetry by the outhouses at Lollapalooza...cleaned up after the Flygirls on the TV studio set of In Living Color...seduced a love-struck fan with a plagiarized poem...learned Spanish with a clique of catty co-eds in Mexico...traveled to inner-city schools to introduce reluctant readers to the wonder of words... This is the world that award-winning poet and NPR commentator Michele Serros explores in this vibrant, witty, and touching collection of fiction. Hailed as “A Woman to Watch in the New Century” (Newsweek) and “A young, sassy writer whose brilliant weapon is her humor” (Sandra Cisneros). In this ruthlessly honest and fiercely funny tale of a Mexican American writer searching for her place in the world where honorariums paid on time are hard to come by, Serros proves that a writer's voice always rings true.