A 5”x5” chapbook from the 2021 Neon Hemlock Poetry Series edited by Saida Agostini. 62 pages. Published May 2021.

PRAISE

“This work is a dare. We are lucky to be blessed with this witness.”
— Saida Agostini, author of STUNT

“In mouth, jo reyes-boitel speaks of deadly fear, the complexity of figs, the constant moon, and survival of the queer body — triumphant and illuminating, juxtaposing domestic abuse with distorted beauty, mysticism, and owning your self. jo reyes-boitel disrupts fairy tale dreams, telling it like it is to obtain personal freedom.”
— Sarah Rafael García, author of SanTana’s Fairy Tales & founder of LibroMobile

“mouth invites us to experience the words that unravel the terrors of intimate partner violence, the subversion of BDSM, and the fierceness of femme-centered femininity. With luscious language and striking imagery, jo reyes-boitel compels us to occupy those interstitial spaces that define queer Latinx intimacies of survival, persistence, and elation.”
—Lilia Raquel Rosas, Executive Director of Red Salmon Arts

“With pain, power and triumph, jo reyes-boitel’s poems are a meditation, navigating the human geography of longing, loving and surviving, and resisting the seduction of self-destruction to achieve self-redemption. These are strong words and vivid lines that cling to the soul’s memory.”
—Charles Rice-González, author of Chulito