5 Poems

Vanessa Ovalle

doi:10.5130/portal.v10i2.3222

Vol 10, No 2 (2013): Edible Alterities: Perspectives from La Francophonie

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Published: May 31, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5130/portal.v10i2.3222

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Poetry, Latina writing, code-switching, Latino literature, Vanessa Ovalle

Vanessa Ovalle

University of Southern California in Los Angeles

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Vanessa Ovalle is a Latina poet of Mexican descent. She grew up in Southern California speaking Spanglish, a combination of English and Spanish. This linguistic and cultural mixing would lead her to explore questions of language, translation and cultural authenticity in her poetry and academic study. As a senior at Cornell University Vanessa completed an undergraduate senior thesis entitled C- in Spanish for Bilinguals, which included both poetry composition and critical analysis. Currently she is a Ph.D. student in Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

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Vanessa Ovalle, University of Southern California in Los Angeles

Vanessa Ovalle is a Latina poet of Mexican descent. She grew up in Southern California speaking Spanglish, a combination of English and Spanish. This linguistic and cultural mixing would lead her to explore questions of language, translation and cultural authenticity in her poetry and academic study. As a senior at Cornell University Vanessa completed an undergraduate senior thesis entitled C- in Spanish for Bilinguals, which included both poetry composition and critical analysis. Currently she is a Ph.D. student in Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles

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