Sheila Maldonado reads poems from her second book, that's what you get (2021), and a manuscript in progress titled bloodletters. Many of the poems incorporate visual components, and primary themes include New York City, Honduran heritage, and ancient Mayan culture. This reading was given as part of the Letras Latinas 20th Anniversary Reading with Gina Franco and Edgar Garcia.
by Laura Villareal
Maldonado, Sheila. One-Bedroom Solo. New York: Fly by Night Press, 2011.
Maldonado, Sheila. that's what you get. New York: Brooklyn Arts Press, 2021.
Maldonado, Sheila. that's what you get. New York: Brooklyn Arts Press, 2021.
Maldonado, Sheila. that's what you get. New York: Brooklyn Arts Press, 2021.
Maldonado, Sheila. that's what you get. New York: Brooklyn Arts Press, 2021.
Differs slightly from published version.
Maldonado, Sheila. that's what you get. New York: Brooklyn Arts Press, 2021.
Maldonado, Sheila. that's what you get. New York: Brooklyn Arts Press, 2021.
Maldonado, Sheila. "Fruit Survivor." Hostos Review/Revista Hostosiana, no. 18, 2022, p. 88.
Uncollected.
Maldonado, Sheila. The Wandering Song: Central American Writing in the United States, edited by Leticia Hernández Linares, Rubén Martínez, and Héctor Tobar. San Fernando: Tia Chucha Press, 2017, p. 72.
Maldonado, Sheila. "window on my part-time employer in the one building that was once two." Poem-a-Day. The Academy of American Poets, 14 July 2021. Web. Accessed 14 March 2024.
Maldonado, Sheila. "The Rituals Must Be Recorded." BOMB Magazine, 20 January 2023. Web. Accessed 14 March 2024.
Uncollected.
