A review by kenningjp
South Texas Experience: Love Letters by Noemi Martinez

5.0

Lovely pictures with difficult words and situations. The melding of the visual with the poetic work a spell of revealing several truths about Texas and conveying a love/beloved/unloved narrative. This series speaks to the personal and private as well as political and public. Death and incarceration are at times central to the work as is work itself. Labor weaves its way through so much of the book in vital and necessary ways. Take it slowly. Savor each stanza for their sadness and their strength.