ANALICIA SOTELO READS ‘DO YOU SPEAK VIRGIN?’

In this video, Analicia Sotelo reads from and provides some background to her poem “Do You Speak Virgin?” which comes from her book Virgin, a collection of poetry that takes a modern spin on tales of feminine figures in ancient Greek mythology.

Before reading her poem, Sotelo discusses her desire to break down the “virgin-whore dichotomy” and speak to experiences of people who remain sexually abstinent later in life.