"It was Cherríe Moraga who brought the torch—first carried by Maxine Hong Kingston on behalf of literature by ethnic women—to Latina writers. Without Cherríe Moraga’s work, many of us would not have felt the solidarity and power or had the critical vocabulary or understanding to give voice to our own stories."

—Julia Alvarez, author of In the Time of the Butterflies

Julia Alvarez's statement about the place of Cherríe Moraga's work in Latina letters refers to a series of remarkable, blazing accomplishments in the distinguished artistic and scholarly career of this