South Side Girl’s Guide to Love & Sex: Poems Photography History Told in language of great

Told in language of great simplicity and power

“The Head” follows a woman haunted by her own bodily waste

It is also a timely examination of what grace and forgiveness look like

one that would explore the outer limits of excess and experience before returning to tell the tale

South Side Girl’s Guide to Love & Sex: Poems Photography History Told in language of greatAs a child of Puerto Rican migrants on Chicagos Southside, Maydas Del Valles poetry utilizes part Spanish and English, part hip hop and salsa, part Nas and Sonia Sanchez, part Shakespeare and John Leguizamo. It is inherited history as well as traditions remixed and invented. Del Valle creates autobiographical narratives that utilize spoken word poetry and music, intended equally for the page and live performance. Rooted in the aesthetics of hip hop