SOURCE: “Many Colored Poets,” in Women's Review of Books, Vol. 6, No. 12, September, 1989, pp. 29–31.

In the following review, Randall explores the similarities of style and theme among the poems of Paula Gunn Allen, Chrystos, and Castillo.

… only you, unblessed conqueror, father of my son, remained ignorant, boastful of a power you would never own. You stride the continents of your fool's           pride not knowing why it is I, Malinche, whose           figure looms large above the tales of your con-           quests … 

(from “Malinalli, La Malinche, to Cortes, Conquistador,” by Paula Gunn Allen)

… In the scars of my knees you can see children torn from their families bludgeoned into govern-           ment schools … Our sacred beliefs have been made into           pencils names of cities gas stations My knee is wounded so badly that I           limp constantly Anger is my crutch I hold myself           upright with it           My knee is wounded                see                     How...