Writer
& Speaker

Analicia Sotelo is the author of Virgin, selected by Ross Gay as the inaugural winner of the Jake Adam York Prize (Milkweed Editions). Analicia’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, Poem-a-day and You Are Here, edited by Ada Limón for the Library of Congress.

  • "Dazzling..[SOTELO] SPEAKS TO THE HEARTACHE OF CRUSHES, RELATIONSHIPS, AND A LONGING FOR FREEDOM FROM THE EXPECTATIONS AMPLIFIED BY RELIGION AND CULTURE."

    NBC

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The moon points out my neckline like a chaperone

The moon points out my neckline like a chaperone

“By leaning into the many registers of heartbreak, Sotelo makes something incredibly beautiful.” —ROSS GAY

  • Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX

  • https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/family-portrait-with-enchiladas-and-a-movie/

    Family Portrait with Enchiladas

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You are here

Watch the inaugural reading at the Library of Congress, hosted by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. Featuring poets Molly McCully Brown, Jake Skeets, Analicia Sotelo and Paul Tran.

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