Streetwise Poems/ Poemas Callejeros

Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. Facing page translations from the Spanish by the author. These sensuous and passionate poems explore one of the many strands of contemporary Latino immigrant experience, dancing the tropical sensibility of Puerto Rico among Chicago's concrete and broken glass. Johanny Vazquez Paz was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She holds a Master of Arts in Hispanic Studies from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Indiana State University. Active on the Chicago literary scene, she currently teaches Spanish at Harold Washington College in Chicago, IL.