What is Latina poetry?
'''Latina poetry''' is [[poetry]] written by women of [[Latin America]]n [[Ancestor|ancestry]]. Many Latina poets live in the United States. Some are American immigrants. Others are born in the United States into Latin American families. [[Mexican Americans|Mexican-American]] women poets, [[Cuban Americans|Cuban-American]] women poets, and [[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]] women poets are examples of Latina poets.They often write poems [[code-switching]] between [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[English language|English]]. Some Latina poets write mix English and Spanish into [[Spanglish (language)|Spanglish]]. The main Latina poets are [[Gloria E. Anzaldúa]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foundation|first=Poetry|date=2020-10-02|title=Gloria E. Anzaldúa|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gloria-e-anzaldua|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en}}</ref> [[Giannina Braschi]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Poets|first=Academy of American|title=About Giannina Braschi {{!}} Academy of American Poets|url=https://poets.org/poet/giannina-braschi|access-date=2020-10-03|website=poets.org}}</ref> [[Sandra Cisneros]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sandra Cisneros - MacArthur Foundation|url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/506/|access-date=2020-10-03|website=www.macfound.org}}</ref> [[Ana Castillo]], [[Cherríe Moraga]], and [[Lorna Dee Cervantes]]. Newer Latina poets include Ada Limon, Monica de la Torre, and Elizabeth Acevedo. Latina poetry has many different literary styles. Sandra Cisneros and Ana Castillo write [[Lyric poetry|lyric poems]] about families, [[migration]], and [[border]]s. Giannina Braschi writes [[epic poetry]] about love, [[Politics of the United States|politics]], and [[war]]. == Themes == Latina poetry has many subjects. Popular topics are love, family, [[immigration]], [[exile]], the Mexican border with the United States, and social justice.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hispanic Heritage Month: Recommending Latin American Women Authors|url=https://www.nypl.org/blog/2018/09/24/hispanic-heritage-month-women-lati