“… In What She Saw in the Lotería Cards, we discuss the Loteria’s close historical origin to Tarot, Maria’s process and ritual, and the roots of her Mexican and Southern Gothic Heritage. Here we can see how syncretism works with her Mexican Catholic and Protestant upbringing in a blend that reimagines La Loteria; lyrics of life, of warmth, family, and passion. And valuing, as she states, “its paradoxes of strength and oppression, silence and voice, nurturing and resistance.” … (intro)

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