Stay ConnectedJoin your host, Rubén Mendive, as he compiles a list of Latino/a/x/e writers you need to know. Each episode features an in-depth interview with a writer on where they’ve been and where they’re headed.
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A SELF-EXPLORING Latinx Writer
We had an incredible conversation about growing up in the South Bay Area, attending UC Berkeley, moving to Mexico to reconnect with her roots, and the path to publishing her new book.
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Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
A NATIVE Latinx Writer
We had an awesome conversation about growing up in Santa Ana, his indigenous identity, existing in the third space, and restorative justice work through storytelling.
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Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
A RESTLESS Latinx Writer
We had an incredible conversation about growing up in El Monte, surviving an abusive household, maneuvering college & her home life, and the reasons people get married.
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Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
A Latinx Writer WHO HAS ISSUES WITH TWITTER
We discuss growing up in Brazil, his decision to stay in the US, relationships with other writers, and whiteness in Brazil/USA.
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Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
A HOOP WEARING MEXI-RICAN Latinx Writer
We had a great conversation about growing up in a Puerto Rican household in El Paso, finding a home in the Midwest, mental health in the Latinx community, and using empathy in journalism.
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Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
A CHICANO BORDER KID Latinx Writer
An incredible conversation about growing up along the southern Texas border, working as a Chicano TV writer, the dueling realities of Latinx folk & Trump supporters in TX, and what inclusion actually looks like.
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Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
A SUPERNATURAL CHINGONA Latinx Writer
We discuss growing up in LA to undocumented parents, implicit bias in classrooms, getting out of the Hollywood bubble, and the model minority myth.
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Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
A DAMN PROUD Latinx Writer
We discuss growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, attending DePaul University, adjusting to city life, and the different expressions of latinidad in his new web series, Border'd.
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Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
A BIRACIAL BISEXUAL BILINGUAL BICOUNTY BINATIONAL Latinx Writer
We talk about growing up as a heavy metal fan in Arcadia, balancing motherhood & writing groups, directing plays, and constantly straddling two worlds.
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Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
A BLACK & FILIPINX WRITER Who is Determined to Be Heard
We discuss the shared experiences of Filipinx & Latinx people, decolonizing the spirit, how reading is fundamental, & have a mini graduate level course in dramatic writing. We go in!!!
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Music: Arriba Mami - Jingle Punks
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