Review of Horan, Elizabeth. Mistral. Una vida. Solo me halla quien me ama, 1889-1922. Santiago: Lumen, 2022. 469 pp.

Book Review: Horan’s work is certainly a breath of fresh air when we think about the image of Mistral that had been built and imposed upon us for decades, which I am not sure the poet herself would have approved of or cared too much about. <i>Mistral. Una vida</i> is an honest book, a window into the life of a multifaceted woman poet, someone whose life has taken us too long to discover. Even more, this book is the epitome of a phenomenon that has been years in the making: the rescue of Mistral’s legacy as a poet who cherished her indigenous origins, her life as a queer author, and her cunning diplomatic tactics. Elizabeth Horan is one of the protagonists of this phenomenon thanks to her lifelong scholarship on Mistral’s life and works.<br>