Crying My Best: Poems Volume 2 - Paperback

by Angelica Esquivel (Author)

Crying My Best is a powerful poetry debut that brims with emotional urgency and that delves into the complex, often hidden histories of the poet's Midwestern Mexican American family. With unflinching honesty and clarity, these poems confront intergenerational addiction, cultural estrangement, and personal and collective grief. Here, language makes survival possible and becomes a turning point for transformation and a hard-won sense of wonder.

Author Biography

Angelica Esquivel is a Xicana poet and artist from Fostoria, Ohio. Her work has appeared in Poet Lore, Barrelhouse, and A Public Space. Her first chapbook, A Casual Apocalypse in Acapulco, received the Prima Materia Award from First Matter Press. She is the recipient of the 2021 Zocalo Poetry Prize and currently serves as the inaugural 2025-2026 YpsiWrites Writer in Residence of Ypsilanti, Michigan.