Read an excerpt: “Halliday Street”

Praise for Solstice

In Solstice Emmy Pérez looks deeply at shards of the physical world, its sensual body, its cycles. These lush and original poems confirm that there is always more beneath the surface, “Under skins, flesh hums—capillary, sweet.” Whether the bloodlines be nurturing or harsh, Pérez follows the personal and cultural connections and beckons us to take part in her discoveries.

— Molly Bendall

About Emmy Pérez

Emmy Pérez grew up in Santa Ana, California. After graduating from Columbia University’s MFA program, she received poetry fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. Her work has appeared in Prairie Schooner, North American Review, New York Quarterly, Crab Orchard Review, Indiana Review, The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry, and other publications. She has facilitated writing workshops for women prison inmates, incarcerated youth, adult education students, and university programs. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor in the MFA program at the University of Texas-Pan American.

Contact Emmy Pérez: eperez@bordersenses.com