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Rosa Angelica Martinez
Arts in Society

Paradise Is Burning

Lost in the stillness of her stare, a dangerous watery horizon appears, and then she removes her mask.

  • Rosa Angelica Martínez
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October 9, 2020

Rosa Angelica Martínez received her Ph.D. in English from UC Berkeley, where she co-curated The Holloway Series in Poetry & Mixed Blood Project. Currently, she lives with her wife in Northern California and is an assistant professor in English at California State University, Sacramento. 

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