Liliana Valenzuela trae a Hablemos, escritoras una valiosa entrevista desde el Macondo Writers Workshop, fundado por Sandra Cisneros, con la maravillosa Cherríe Moraga. Moraga es una poeta, ensayista y dramaturga reconocida internacionalmente, cuya carrera profesional comenzó en 1981 con su coedición del texto feminista fundamental This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color escrito con Gloria Anzaldúa. Es autora de varias colecciones de escritos, incluyendo A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness: Writings 2000-2010 y, más recientemente, Loving in the War Years & Other Writings 1978-1999, publicado en 2023. También es autora de dos memorias: Waiting in the Wings—Portrait of a Queer Motherhood y Native Country of the Heart, publicado en 2019 por Farrar, Straus & Giroux con gran reconocimiento. La revista es en inglés.

Liliana Valenzuela brings to Hablemos, escritoras a precious interview from Macondo Writers Workshop founded by Sandra Cisneros, with the wonderful Cherríe Moraga. Moraga is an internationally recognized poet, essayist and playwright whose professional life began in 1981 with her co-editorship of the seminal feminist text, This Bridge Called My Back:  Writings by Radical Women of Color wrote with Gloria Anzaldúa.  She is the author of several collections of writings, including A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness- Writings  2000-2010 and most recently Loving in the War Years & Other Writings 1978-1999. published in 2023. She is the author of two memoirs:  Waiting in the Wings—Portrait of a Queer Motherhood  and Native Country of the Heart, published in 2019 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux to great acclaim. The interview is in English and Spanish.

Episodio 564:  Cherríe Moraga

Escritora, actriz, editora, activista y política Claudia Peña ha marcado la historia de Bolivia con su trabajo por las comunidades aymaras en contra de la injusticia, la pobreza y la marginalización. Con un enfoque en el campo, el cuerpo, la naturaleza, la maternidad y más tiene obras como El evangelio según Paulina (Grupo Editorial La hoguera, 2003), su primer libro, que dice fue escrito como una venganza al no estar satisfecha con el orden patriarcal. Entre 2010 y 2015 trabajó en el Ministerio de Autonomías, primero como Viceministra y después como Ministra de Autonomías. Su libro Los árboles (El Cuervo, 2019) fue traducido en 2024 como The Trees por Robin Myers y publicado en Relegation Books,2024. Tendremos en nuestra sección "3 Minutos" una lectura de "Niño / Child" de este bellísimo libro. Claudia Peña dice que "Siempre debe de haber en la escritura un espacio de extrañeza, algo descolocado, fuera de lugar".

Episodio 565: Acercándonos a escritoras - Claudia Peña

There is an old tale
of a beautiful fairy of the vale
who one day enveiled herself 
in black ash,
like Johnny Cash.

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There is no hope to remain.
People are insane.


She liked birds.
Not chickens.

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She withdrew from the world and took a Vow of Silence.

That was her loudest shriek.
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Original title:
Choodne Moodre

Illustration and text:
Zorana Jančić

Proofreading:
Juraj Šitum

Voices and music:
Lucija Lekšić 
Nikola Kahriman
Roko Margeta
Zorana Jančić

Sound master:
Toni Tkalec
Penthouse Studio
Zagreb

Independent edition
Croatia, Planet Earth, 2021

Zlatousta - Goldmouth

Silas,
when alive,
is as loud
as a hive.

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When dead,
his voice sealed and bound,
Silent his name,
skin grey as a hound.

To the Bonebeak land then he moves
To where the heart wants and approves.

On his head Eden-bird a nest will lay,
in sunrise together they will sway.

No dark shall fall,
lucky wonderwall.
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Original title:
Choodne Moodre

Illustration and text:
Zorana Jančić

Proofreading:
Juraj Šitum

Voices and music:
Lucija Lekšić 
Nikola Kahriman
Roko Margeta
Zorana Jančić

Sound master:
Toni Tkalec
Penthouse Studio
Zagreb

Independent edition
Croatia, Planet Earth, 2021

Paunov Kostokljun i Gnijezdonoša Tih -  Bonebeak Peacocok and Silas the Nestbearer

Floating on fresh air,

skies and clouds of empathy,

hearts without darkness.
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Original title:
Choodne Moodre

Illustration and text:
Zorana Jančić

Proofreading:
Juraj Šitum

Voices and music:
Lucija Lekšić 
Nikola Kahriman
Roko Margeta
Zorana Jančić

Sound master:
Toni Tkalec
Penthouse Studio
Zagreb

Independent edition
Croatia, Planet Earth, 2021

Ruka Ruci - Hand in Hand

When love is, it´s a thrill.
When it´s not, just chill.

In all it lives.
In birds and bees,
 in suns and seas.

Like electricity, it makes a flare.
Everywhere she is, like the air.

All that is,
is because of this.

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Be love, beloved.
Love is here for us to feed,
not to make us bleed.
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Original title:
Choodne Moodre

Illustration and text:
Zorana Jančić

Proofreading:
Juraj Šitum

Voices and music:
Lucija Lekšić 
Nikola Kahriman
Roko Margeta
Zorana Jančić

Sound master:
Toni Tkalec
Penthouse Studio
Zagreb

Independent edition
Croatia, Planet Earth, 2021

Ljubav - Love

Sarah, a doctor who has long kept her desires in check, begins to confront the unexpected feelings stirred by a former patient, a woman. 

She hires the magnetic lesbian escort Luma, who forces her to test the boundaries of her identity and explore what has been buried deep within. 

This night is more than just a tryout for a potential rising sexual interest, it’s a challenge that will make Sarah question everything she thought she knew about herself. 

Will she give in, or hold back? 

Listen in as Sarah faces her most intimate conflict yet.

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Josh finds himself navigating a delicate balance between unfulfilled desire, shame, guilt, and fear. 

He sets up a date with Luma, hoping to find clarity amidst the turmoil. 

During the encounter he is forced to rethink his understanding of control, vulnerability, and power, and the boundaries between longing and resistance blur. 

Join us as we explore the complexities of human connection, the courage it takes to face our deepest needs, and the challenges of letting go, all within an experience that defies expectations and pushes boundaries in unexpected ways. 

This episode offers an honest look at what it means to seek connection while grappling with the deep-seated feelings of guilt and shame.

Sinner!

"Awful Amusement of the Abomination
by Alex Jayner

Drew always knew the old fort ruins on the cliff were special.

There were many forts in the region but this one was almost entirely taken over by nature.

The battle that had happened here was long enough ago that it could only be remembered in history books and local legends. 

Where canons once fired from the commanding heights, now revellers and festive folk illegally set off fireworks while hollering out over the landscape on summer nights.

Drew didn’t mind the celebratory spirit, nor did the local authorities bother to enforce penalties for such acts.

But it did bother Drew that on their evening walks they’d find the refuse of scorched cardboard, melted plastic and burnt fuses.

Drew had developed the habit of bringing a garbage bag to help them pocket and clean up what rubbish was strewn about on their path.

They figured there was much more piled up behind the underbrush and Drew had decided to go out of their way this evening to clear as much as they could.

The night before had been particularly loud, and even lasted two hours, but strangely very few of the fireworks were seen in the sky compared to the wizzes and bangs heard in the valley below. 

When Drew began to dig through the bushes at last, they found a few bits but nothing fresh from the night before.

Looking all around, Drew saw that more scuffs and stamped footprints were found than trash.

So they carried on with their walk past an information sign that was a little mossy, then up on a knoll, and finally to the tunnel entrances.

Now they saw where the trash was, scattered across the floor of the tunnels.

Black scorch marks were all over the walls and ceiling.

The party animals had been setting off fireworks in the tunnels for some reason; odd.

There was enough natural light left that the tunnels were mostly illuminated.

Drew crouched inside as they began collecting all of the trash.

It was a bit filthy but rather satisfying, and Drew even found an unused firework and half a book of matches.

They set everything astride one of the doorways and turned to admire their efforts.

There were some shadowy spots Drew was about to go to next when they heard a groan.

Deep in the tunnels a figure moved slowly closer.

From the size of it, Drew assumed it was a bear, and backed out of the tunnels equally slowly.

Stepping into the light, the figure could have been a bear but it had the face of a human.

Its skin was scarred, burned and had been stitched back together.

Drew already had the leftover firework and matches in their hands when the Abomination was about to crush them.

In a flash, sparks filled the tunnel.

Drew dropped the furnace of jubilation and ran.

They later saw the creature again on many occasions, but mercifully only in their darkest dreams."

Awful Amusement of the Abomination

Kahanbufushi Kaiydhaafulhu - Part 1 ( English )

Stories with Luma, the queer, dominant escort.

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