RIP Writer Michelle Serros — Remembering Generation Mex
As a NPR story described, “[w]hen Michele Serros burst onto the literary scene in the 1990s, she was a new kind of Latina writer: She didn’t speak much Spanish, she listened to ABBA and she was a vegan who liked to surf and skateboard. Her success as a writer, poet and comedic commentator made her an inspirational voice for Chicanas of her generation and beyond.”
Serros, who Newsweek once hailed as a “Woman to Watch for the New Century,” died of cancer Sunday at her home in Berkeley, Calif. She was 48 years old. Serros’ book How to be a Latina Role Model offers an incredibly funny tale of a Chicana writer who tries to find a way to embrace two very different cultures–without losing touch with who she is.
KJ
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