Confessions of a Berlitz-Tape Chicana by Demetria Martínez
University of Oklahoma Press
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Norman, OK 73069-8218 www.oupress.com
ISBN 0-8061-3722-3
1-800-627-7377

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"Confessions of a Berlitz-Tape Chicana takes the reader on Martínez's journey to answer, or perhaps to ameliorate, the sense of anguish she encounters in the individuals she interviews. This collection of her hard-edged columns succeeds in its venture to illuminate what can only be described as the pervasive perplexity of everyday life."

Norman Mailer
Author of Armies of the Night

"In the beginning was the word. But then the word was co-opted by the politicians. And it was not good. Here, is a poet who puts ‘pen to paper….[to] call the world to order.’ This is the Gospel according to Santa Demetria the peacemaker, and it is good.”

Sandra Cisneros
author of Caramelo

Demetria Martínez wields her trademark blend of humor and irony in this series of revealing essays. She breaks down the barriers between prayer and action, between the border denizen and the citizen of the world, and between patriarchal religion and the Divine Mother. Martínez also explores her identity as a woman who has within her the “Blood of the conquered and the conqueror,” and who must daily contend with yet a third world-white America.

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