Raquel Vasquez Gilliland Books in Order

These poems connect Mexican family folktales, reclaimed ancient myths and the experience of new motherhood. Stories of transformation and migration explore inheritance, displacement and welcome, linking a grandfather’s flight from revolution with intimate experiences of the body.

After a severe breakdown following childbirth, Gilliland uses poetry to explore mental illness among the women of her family. Stories from her mother and grandmother intertwine with imagined tales as she searches for the roots of their suffering.

Three years after her mother disappeared following deportation, Sia Martinez still visits the Arizona desert hoping to guide her home. A spacecraft's arrival brings her mother back and plunges Sia into a struggle involving family secrets and alien threats.

Moon Fuentez joins a cross-country tour as a merchandise seller while her twin sister enjoys influencer fame. An antagonistic relationship with her attractive bunkmate challenges Moon's belief that she will always remain unwanted and overlooked.

Sage Flores returns home after years avoiding her family’s magical gifts and her sister’s death. Working with the man who broke her heart rekindles attraction, while unusual plants, a ghostly sister and volatile family relationships complicate her return.

Teal Flores needs a wedding date and help controlling weather shaped by her emotions. A fake marriage offers Carter a path to his inheritance, but their growing attraction complicates an arrangement that sends them searching for Teal’s missing mother.

After returning from years as a ghost, Sky Flores struggles to reconnect with a town that shuns her. A reporter offers public friendship in exchange for her story, but growing affection complicates his ambition and her guarded trust.