FM July 26 : Latina Writers Conference / Mujer Peligrosa – tatiana de la tierra

THIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen ::  FIRST … The Latina Writers Conference gathers Latina creatives from throughout the Southern California region to celebrate & discuss topics central to their work as writers & performers, agents, editors, publishers & producers, librarians & booksellers.The LWC runs from July 30th through August 5th with events at venues across SoCal , with a fabulous culminating event on August 6th at Plaza de la Raza Cultural Center.
Today we’re joined by two of the organizers – Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo and Luivette Resto
AND … We’re going to hear all about one of the events that’s part of the Latina Writers Conference – celebrating tatiana de la tierra, a Latina lesbian writer and literary trailblazer and a force to be reckoned with.  Her two literary executors – Olga Garcia and Maylei Blackwell join us today to tell us more about her work and this exciting upcoming event – it’s called Mujer Peligrosa: Poetry and Life of tatiana de la tierra.  This panel, on July 31 at the Altadena Library, brings together Tatiana’s literary executors, plus (virtually, all the way from Bogotá, Colombia) Rocío Del Pilar, Cely Herrera of Sincronia and Laura Arenas. Also, live at the biblioteca: Carribean Fragoza and Myriam Gurba Serrano, with Colombian music by Langosta and a tatiana de la tierra altar by Cat Uribe-Abee.

Wednesday at 7 on KPFK
Podcast on Spotify, Apple & Google Podcasts

 

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