Word WeaponsCecilia Vicua This book brings together the Palabrarmas series by the Chilean born artist, poet and activist Cecilia Vicua (born 1948). Images of these workseach a powerful juxtaposition of color, poetry and politicsappear alongside new essays and historical references chosen with the artist. Palabrarmas, a neologism that translates to "word weapons" or "word arms," imagine new ways of seeing language. Taking the form of collages, silkscreens,