Inventario de mis musas / Laura Ruiz / 2022
These poems are written under the pressure of undocumented motherhood and you can feel it. Lines race to the edge of the page as poems burn through difficulties and desires. It feels reminiscent of America is in the Heart or sad girl poems. Standout poems like Spanglish manage to tie themselves up cleanly, but this is a messier, rawer collection that doesn’t have time for that nonsense. 3 out of 5.