Hood Criatura

"It had been a while since I last read a book of poetry, and féi hernandez’s Hood Criatura came to me during the pandemic, a liminal space in and of itself, where this book of shifting lives and identities and a sense of ni de aquí, ni de allá fits perfectly. hernandez’s Los Angeles – and especially their beloved Inglewood – is one that feels deeply familiar and cozy, yet belies a similar longing that hernandez feels about their body, their gender, their immigration status and even their relationship to their ancestors. The language weaves a tapestry that is at once dreamy, gritty and homesick. It’s a book that will stay with me for a long time."