
Grisel Acosta is a second year PhD student in the English Department at the University of Texas, San Antonio. Her current research interests include environments in Caribbean Latino literature with a focus on Carib Indian and African influence on composition practices. Grisel is also a poet whose publications include “House of Walls,” in Private International Photo Review ; “Pressure Mix,” in Check the Rhyme: An Anthology of Female Poets and MCs ; “Cubanita,” in After Hours Literary Magazine ; “Chica!Go! (Part I),” (an excerpt) by Urban Life Center.
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