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Member Since: March 14, 2013

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Rebecca Balcarcel

Biography

Rebecca Balcárcel is the author of THE OTHER HALF OF HAPPY (2019), a novel that stars bi-cultural Quijana and has been named a Pura Belpré Honor Book, an ALA Notable Book, an Américas Award Honor Book, a Spirit of Texas book, and received the Best Middle Grade Book award from Texas Institute of Letters. Rebecca serves the students of Tarrant County College as Associate Professor of English. She took her MFA from Bennington Writing Seminars where she was awarded the Jane Kenyon Poetry Prize. Her essays and poems have appeared in over forty literary journals, including North American Review, Third Coast, descant, South Dakota Reivew, 5AM, Oklahoma Review, and Concho River Review. She received an Individual Artist Grant from NE Tarrant County Arts Council in 2010. Rebecca gives talks at libraries and schools. On her YouTube channel, SixMinuteScholar, she offers writing tips and literary analysis. Rebecca enjoys taking walks, petting her kitty, and eating popcorn. Her past adventures include biking 1300 miles, skydiving, and nursing twins.

Where to find Rebecca Balcarcel online

Website: https://rebeccabalcarcel.com
Twitter: @r_balcarcel
Facebook: Facebook profile
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-balcarcel-688a92a
Blog: https://rebeccabalcarcel.com/blog

Where to buy in print

http://library.stmarytx.edu/pgpress/authors/index.html

Videos

"Guatemala"

Rebecca Balcárcel reads poem "Guatemala," first published in North American Review

"Ave America"

Rebecca Balcárcel reads poem "Ave America"

Book talk on THE OTHER HALF OF HAPPY

Find out what THE OTHER HALF OF HAPPY, Rebecca's novel, is about!

Books

Palabras in Each Fist by Rebecca Balcarcel

Price: Free! Words: 6,550. Language: English. Published: March 15, 2013 . Categories: Poetry » American poetry » Hispanic American

These poems twirl their skirts as they explore bi-cultural identity, growing up, a young mother's struggles, and the limits of language. Half Guatemalan and half Anglo, the speaker worries about "black-topped boys with butterscotch skin" who whistle at her, but loves how flowers "explode into curls of crepe." She doesn't understand Spanish or why tragedy jabs into our lives, but still she sings.

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