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About the Poet
Emmy Perez is a poet and writer originally from Santa Ana, California. Perez has lived in the south border of Texas for the past 18 years, where she has taught college level classes. https://www.emmyperez.com/about.html

Published Books
Perez has written two books, With the River on Our Face and Solstice. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emmy-perez With the River on Our Face is a poetry collection book written about Texas' Southwest borderlands. Each poem in the book talks about the life in the south borders of Texas along the Rio Grande Valley and how lives are affected by politics and global forces. https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/with-the-river-on-our-face