Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selected Works Translated by Edith Grossman monarch including the Brown Chicken

including the Brown Chicken

That's not what owls do

and very exciting

What if you're being falsely accused of child abuse or domestic violence

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Selected Works Translated by Edith Grossman monarch including the Brown ChickenSor Juana (1651 1695) was a fiery feminist and a woman ahead of her time. Like Simone de Beauvoir, she was very much a public intellectual. Her contemporaries called her "the Tenth Muse" and "the Phoenix of Mexico," names that continue to resonate. An illegitimate child, self taught intellectual, and court favorite, she rose to the height of fame as a writer in Mexico City during the Spanish Golden Age. This volume includes Sor Juana's best known