{"product_id":"cipota","title":"Cipota","description":"\u003cp\u003eForthcoming Fall 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eChelsea Guevara’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCipota\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e breathes a lineage into a song—making music of ancestral memory: dirges of heartbreak and generational trauma, anthems of rage and reclamation, ballads of love and homecoming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGuevara’s voice enchants as she delves into history, ancestry, and the self—reaching for a lineage that has been battered by strife and strangled by colonialism.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eShe moves through place and memory with deft skill and earnest humanity. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCipota\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e examines the grief of culture lost, of a home you’ve been separated from, one that doesn’t truly feel like yours.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCipota \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eis a beating heart that demands to be heard. You will be rapt from start to finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAwards\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wowpsfest.com\/2024wowpswinners-1\"\u003e2024 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePraise for Chelsea Guevara\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e \"'Cipota' means 'girl' in Salvadoran Spanish, but Lord knows these poems are full-grown—delivered with the power of a woman determined to buck intergenerational curses and protect her most endangered kin. Few poets can dream of reaching Chelsea's natural charisma and vulnerability on the stage. With \u003cem\u003eCipota\u003c\/em\u003e, Chelsea has earned one of the top spots in the current generation of Central American writers demanding our space and specificity not just in latinidad and poetry but the world.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e—Willy Palomo, author of \u003cem\u003eWake the Others\u003c\/em\u003e, a winner of the Foreword Indie Prize in Poetry \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Button Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43275929026611,"sku":"978-1-63834-135-2","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/0752\/9011\/files\/GUEVARA-CIPO-marketingcover.jpg?v=1750176761","url":"https:\/\/buttonbookstore.com\/products\/cipota","provider":"Button Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}