El Bilingual Catarsis

this is not any project, a security 

conflict to be resolved. no working 

paper, just working on paper,

nurturing the unsaid until it stops

resisting.

El Bilingual Catarsis is a love letter to both the English and Spanish languages. In her debut poetry collection, Wendy Avils manipulates language as she sees fit-not what is deemed "correct." She masterfully sculpts English and Spanish to depict the worries, hopes, and dreams of a college student living between Santo Domingo and Atlanta, Georgia.

Bilingual readers will thrill by the author's grasp of the languages, but readers of either language will enjoy Avils's succinct imagery, innovative poetic structures, and thoughtful wordplay.