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Winner of the Alta California Chapbook Prize, Michelle Moncayo‘s Here, on this 76L is published in a bilingual edition. The Alta California Chapbook Series is edited by Emma Trelles.

Michelle Moncayo’s poems burn strong with authentic feeling and personal icons swirling with wings, food as a form of prayer, and the poignant music of heritage. There is a radiating center to this collection, one that speaks to the power of where we come from and how we carry our origin stories with us in painful and beautiful ways. This is a voice that spoke to me with intimacy and truth.

—Richard Blanco, Final Judge, Alta California Prize