Trasladaron a mi tía, que ya es coronel, de los páramos a la jungla. Un pueblo a tres horas de Bogotá. Tres horas lejos de nosotros, en un lugar donde se pega la ropa del sudor y las piernas se cubren de ronchas por los mosquitos. Cuando me dijeron que mi tía y mi primo […]
Angela Pico
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Power moves: Chuy Renteria on dance, language and growing up Mexican-American in small-town Iowa
Let’s start big: who are you, Chuy? Whoo, I could go in a rabbit hole with that one. I am an artist, an author, dancer — I mean, I have many, many different hats. Really my first love is dance. I started when I was 14; I’m 35 now. I went through undergrad at the […]
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En Español: A Q&A with three Spanish-language writers in Iowa City
Estaba previsto que Mélanie Márquez Adams, Javier Hernández Feris y Gabriel Villarroel participaran en el evento Subtituladxs Lit Walk de Mission Creek Festival el 3 de abril, antes de la cancelación del evento. Subtituladxs es una serie de lecturas que destaca a los estudiantes del MFA de escritura creativa en español de la Universidad de […]
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En Español: Don’t ask me where I’m from
When we meet someone, why do we usually ask, “Where are you from?” What are we looking for? We are more than a place on a birth certificate or a passport. I propose we overcome categorizations that include national stories too large to fit within a personal narrative.
