Mexican-American poet Ekiwah Adler-Belendez speaks about his obsessions, his revision process, and the ways that his life in a wheelchair has shaped his writing.
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Author Peter Ho Davies speaks about the question of appropriation in fiction, the tension between how one sees themselves and how others perceive them, and the value of even flawed representations in writing and in pop culture.
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“I was writing about Cubans I knew…the ones who are not just separated from Cuba or distanced from their heritage, but ones who are growing up outside of the familiar Cuban locales in America.”
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Ethan Michaeli, author of the “The Defender,” on chronicling the history of the famous Black newspaper and the role of media in our current political climate.
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“I try to zero in on the particular lens through which they see the world, instead of portraying them as these one-dimensional poster children for suffering.”
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Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco on his obsessions, navigating representation across demographics, and his writing process for poetry.
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“Women Making Herstory” accounts for immigrant women’s contributions to the cultural heritage to Malmö, Sweden through interviews with women.
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