Miss (Uni)Verse: Ruby of ill-literacy

"'This is my life,” Ruby Veridiano-Ching says of her debut book Miss Universe. “This is my heart scripted on paper. I didn’t want it taken apart and sewn back together to where it doesn’t fit me anymore.” Her voice is soft, yet urgent. . ."

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Check out his article by my girl Niema Jordan and peep her blog on women in hip-hop entitled Flow. Also check out ill-literacy, a dope spoken word collective of which Ruby is a part.