“The Child of Broken Earth”: Karla Cordero’s How To Pull Apart the Earth

Maria Esquinca
Nov 5 · 4 min read

How To Pull Apart the Earth, by Karla Cordero, is a book grounded in the land and the hands that tend to it.

How to Pull Apart the Earth, by Karla Cordero. Not A Cult, 2018.

Karla Cordero is a descendant of the Chichimeca peoples from Northern Mexico, a Chicana poet, educator, and activist. Her stunning debut collection is full of lyrical poems, magical realism, and surrealism. The book is divided into…

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Maria Esquinca

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