Professor seeks to redefine 'chingona' through poetry

Published prose way for Melissa Castillo Planas to heal and move forward

By SARAH BELLE LIN

Posted 12/2/21

Words have power. But over whom? “Poetry saved my life,” said Melissa Castillo Planas, an associate English professor at Lehman College.

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Professor seeks to redefine 'chingona' through poetry

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