Ruth MotaOver fifty of Ruth Mota's poems have been published in online and print poetry journals including: The Atlanta Review, Gyroscope Review, Terrapin Books and Duo. Kitchen Table Midwife of the Dispossessed is her first chapbook. Ruth Mota currently live in Santa Cruz, California with her Brazilian husband. Previously, she resided nearly a decade in northeast Brazil and worked as an international HIV/AIDS trainer throughout Africa and Latin America. She was first drawn to Spanish language and culture when she heard a Spaniard read from Lorca's Bodas de Sangre in her English class at Oberlin College. Lorca's passion continues to resonate with her as she reflects on her diverse experiences with dispossessed people at her kitchen table. Read More Read Less