Vanessa Angelica Villarreal

"A brilliant, singular collection of essays that looks to music, fantasy, and pop culture--from Beyonce to Game of Thrones--to excavate and reimagine what has been disappeared by migration and colonialism. Upon becoming a new mother, Vanessa Angelica Villarreal was called to Mexico to reconnect with her ancestors and recover her grandmother's story, only to return to the sudden loss of her marriage, home, and reality. In Magical/Realism, Villarreal...