Martha Rivas, PhD
The Somos Xicanas Anthology: Understanding the Heterogeneity of the Xicana Character
Dr. Martha Rivas bridges her scholarly brilliance into critical-poetics to deconstruct white supremacy and systemic oppression, while celebrating the resilience by Communities of Color. Dr. Martha is a visual artist and spoken-word cantadora; her critical-poetics appear in the 2017 AMAE Journal; 2024 SOMOS XICANAS Anthology by Somos en Escrito Literary Foundation Press; 2023 Poem of the Week Poetry Review; and is also a 2022 VersoFrontera Poetry Fellow. Her first full collection of prose and poetry,
STAY TRUCHA: Chicana love language en voz alta is slated for 2025 by Mouthfeel Press.