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Poetry. Chicana Studies. STILL CLUTCHING MAPS is a poetry collection exploring Chicana heritage, power dynamics and identity. The poems inside delve into Butcher's experiences of living and travelling through the American southwest, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Northwest, Yukon Territory, Alaska, and India. They're honest and self-exploratory, highlighting Butcher's cultural heritage as a young woman growing up on the U.S. and Mexico border. The poems in this collection are steeped in raw imagery. They expose the author's evolving relationship to language, power and loss.

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Christina Butcher is a Chicana poet, publisher and veteran from New Mexico. She has a passion for storytelling and community involvement. She's a working writer and is a regular contributor to The Ranger and Weekly Volcano. Christina also works with Write253, serving as a teaching artist and event coordinator for the annual teen poetry slam, Louder Than A Bomb--Tacoma. Her writing has appeared in City Arts, Creative Colloquy, Hilltop Action Journal, OLY ARTS and Thurston County Chamber of Commerce's VOICE Magazine.

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