WORDs aCROSS

The act of reading is the closest form of communion between two minds. Do you feel it? Do you feel the sound of my voice in your mind? Ana Maria Caballero Ana Maria Caballero is a first-generation Colombian-American poet whose work rips the veil off of romanticized motherhood + questions notions that present female sacrifice as a virtue. Her work has been recognized with the Beverly International Prize, Colombia's Jose Manuel Arango National Poetry Prize, and a nomination for the Pushcart Prize. She believes poems should be valued as works of art and cofounded theVERSEverse poetry gallery to make it happen.