Tesoro

by Yesika Salgado

Overview

Tesoro is a story of family, survival, and the formative power of the women in Salgado's life. It is a telling of the balance between love and perseverance. Tesoro is an unearthing of the sacred connections that make a person whole; the treasure we forever keep with us when we learn from those we love, when we mourn those we've lost, and what grows in between.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781945649233
Publisher:	Foundation Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/01/2018
Pages:	106
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Yesika Salgado is a Los Angeles based Salvadoran poet who writes about her family, her culture, her city, and her brown body. She has shared her work in venues and campuses throughout the country. Salgado is a four time member of Da Poetry Lounge Slam Team and a 2017 and 2018 National Poetry Slam finalist. Her work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Latina Magazine, Univision, Vibe Magazine, Huffington Post, NPR, TEDx and many digital platforms. She is the co-founder of the Latina feminist collective Chingona Fire and an internationally recognized body positivity activist.

Table of Contents

I.

Nostalgia 2

Canela 3

The Women 4

Polaroid 5

Terremotos 6

Mami's Cooking 9

Excuses 10

In Our Family 12

Tamales 15

Las Locas 16

II.

1995 20

First Kiss 21

Thanksgiving 22

Phone Sex 23

San Vicente, El Salvador 25

No Language 27

The Pretty Girl 28

Panic 29

Echo Park 30

Pacoima 31

La Americana 32

III.

Sweetheart 36

Bittersweet 37

Tonsillectomy 38

Tamarindo 39

Bipolar 40

She Names You Corazón 41

The Belly Has Questions 43

Scandal 44

Forgetting You 45

How 1 Know I Haven't Stopped Loving You 46

Sal y Limón 47

X 48

On Loving Someone That Doesn't Love You Back 49

Credit 50

IV.

The Funeral 54

St. Patrick's Day 56

Papi's Second Death 57

Tesoro 58

Bakersfield 61

Survival Tactics 62

The Therapist 64

A Miscarriage 65

When The Poems Don't Come 67

Knives 68

V.

La Novela 74

Soltera 75

I love you 76

A Guanaca In Los Angeles 77

Saya 78

La Tía 79

Ode To A Fat Girl's Crop Top 80

Oakland 81

Hollywood 82

Endulzar 83

10:15pm 84

At My Funeral 85

Editorial Reviews

This is the moment that leads you to take a harder look at yourself and how you have ultimately been shaped by everything that came before you. This is the moment, these are the feelings; this is Yesika Salgado’s Tesoro.” —NPR Books

From the Publisher