This special installment of Ms. Muse features new works by Simone-Marie Feigenbaum, Jess Burnquist and Lisha Adela García about the southern border and how the U.S. treats immigrants seeking to live and work in America—people risking their lives to save their lives.
Author: Chivas Sandage
Chivas Sandage is a digital columnist at Ms., winner of the 2021 Claire Keyes Poetry Award, and author of Hidden Drive, a finalist for the Foreword Book of the Year Award in poetry. Her poems and essays have appeared in the Texas Observer, The Rumpus, Salmagundi, Southern Humanities Review, and the print version of Ms. Magazine, among others. Her debut nonfiction book is forthcoming from the University of Texas Press. Ms. Muse, her column, features contemporary feminist poets and essays on the intersection of poetry, politics, and our lives. Follow her on Twitter: @ChivasSandage.