Echoes of Aztlán
A Poetic Journey Through Race, Culture, and Ancestry
The book of poetry, a companion to the memoir A Fly in Milk, offers a poignant and deeply personal exploration of a life richly intertwined with the vibrant tapestry of Mexican American heritage and the enduring legacy of Aztec roots. Beginning with the humble and arduous journey as a migrant boy and seasonal farm worker, the poems trace the resilience and determination that propelled the poet through the formative years of grade school, middle school, and high school. Each verse echoes the struggles and triumphs of navigating a dual identity in a land of opportunity and adversity…
A Fly in Milk
From Eagle Pass, Texas to Washington D.C.
Learn what it means to be a fly in milk—a migrant child working in the fields of White America. A Brown teen in love with a White girl. A transplant into a whole other culture, so obviously out of place in a sea of European descendants.
What are the highs and lows in the quest to belong? How do naturalized citizens honor their Aztec, Nahua, and Tenochtitlan ancestors who assimilated into a brave new world after the Spanish conquest?
