Cherre Moraga

In a series of journal entries—some original passages, others revisited and expanded in retrospect—Cherríe Moraga details her experiences with pregnancy, birth, and the early years of lesbian parenting. With the premature birth of her son—when HIV-related mortality rates were at their highest—Moraga, a new mother at 40 years old, was forced to confront the fragile volatility of life and death....