Esta boca es mía by Lupita Limón Corrales

ESTA BOCA ES MIA offers vignettes of a life buzzing with hope. Interspersed with dedications to Leila Khaled, Daisy Zamora, and Emma Goldman, Lupita reflects on the revolutionaries and freedom fighters exemplary to her own political ideologies, tying local struggles against housing insecurity, over policing and the privatization of public space, with broader struggles against dictators, against imperialism within the global south, against misogyny within freedom struggles, against apartheid and settler colonialism within Palestine.

    Traversing the landscape of California and the  interpersonal intricacies within friendships, family, and romance, Lupita does the work of questioning and shaping her politics in moments of intimacy, in moments of respite. There is a quality of mythologizing that Lupita employs when describing her family or loved ones, particularly her parents, in their resilience and stubbornness. She presents urban legends and the absurdities of survival with a spiritual omnipresence.. It boils down to choice – that in the face of adversity, one can survive and have fun despite all odds because one chooses to.

    In the spirit of community and collaboration, ESTA BOCA ES MIA was graciously translated by Alexia Veytia-Rubio, a language justice organizer who Lupita met through organizing with the LA Tenants Union. The collection includes contributions written by friends and comrades: Beni Avalos, Mallory Bea, Sara Selevitch, and Shabina Toorawa.