| | Confessions of a Berlitz-Tape Chicana by Demetria MartÃnez 160 Pages, Published 2017 by University Of Oklahoma Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8061-6021-4, ISBN: 0-8061-6021-7
"Merely entering the date and the year at the top of each page got my adrenaline
up as over time my very body began to associate writing with surprises, with hope
. Often, while listening to songs on the radio, I wrote out some of my favorite lyrics,
forming lines and stanzas as I imagined the author had intended. The shapes of
the words on the page were a pure pleasure to behold. I was especially taken by
the work of Joni Mitchell. ..."
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