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Summary: Latina Lesbian Sizzle with a Kick
Review: This is a fiery hot collection of lesbian delights, dripping with sensual intellect and an irreverent charm that will have you squirming, laughing and grinning from ear to ear. It is the kind of book you want to read out loud to your lover, ex-girlfriend, and every other dyke you know, a book that will call to you in your sleep and have you fondling its pages over and over again. These tightly bound short poetic jewels possess a sizzling wit and shameless wantonness. This book is divided into English and Spanish, and throughout the text you see an agility and deftness in both languages that is rare in bilingual editions. This book is a must-have for every one who has tried to define what makes lesbians so bold, sexy, infuriating and captivating. Gozalo!
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Summary: Hot!
Review: This talented writer expresses her poetry in both Spanish and English in a creative, vivid way. Her prose is strong yet beautiful,sort of like a mix of tulips and iron. There are three Latina women writers that I consider the best in their field: 1) Achy Obejas (Memory Mambo,etc) 2) Tatiana de la Tierra (este libro!) and 3) a bilingual children's book writer, Mayra L. Dole (Drum,Chavi,Drum!/Tcoa,Chavi,Toca!). The three writers (Achy writes brilliant/fascinating novels, De la Tierra is the GODDESS OF LESBO LOVE, and Dole has vibrant prose and incorporates strong girl Latino characters in her picturebook)are in a league of their own. We need more Latino women writers,who write about the Latino experience, for a wide variety of starved audiences, from the young to the elderly... It is amazing to have found three sensational writers this years! This book is obviously written by a woman who is in love with women and with words. Bravo Tatiana de la Tierra! I am looking forward to reading your next book! A must buy!
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Summary: Review published in Girlfriends, page 19, April 2003
Review: With the release of her first book-length work, For the Hard Ones: A Lesbian Phenomenology, editor-poet-essayist tatiana de la tierra adds philosopher to the many hats she's worn. The Hard Ones is actually two books in one: a Spanish text (Para las Duras) that, when flipped over, also reveals an English translation. A metaphysical treatise on the nature of Latina lesbian identity, For the Hard Ones blends philosophy with prose poetry to explore the uncharted territory of queer Latina sexuality and language (with plenty of punning on the Latina lesbian "tongue"). The brevity and open-endedness of de la tierra's text may leave some unanswered questions. Grade: A-. Reviewed by Myriam Guba...
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