Mexican Jenny in List of 2014 Favorites

Aster(ix) journal included Mexican Jenny and Other Poems in its list of favorite poetry books of 2014!  Reviewer Sheila Maldonado, author of  One-Bedroom Solo, writes:

“This collection is intimate and plain in the face of hard lives. Brinson Curiel takes on her female subjects with care and color, painting them stark, without pity, declarative and alive.”