Fish Fiorucci

09/29/19 • 37 min

Fish Fiorucci, a non-binary supermodel from Brownsville, TX who modeled for Balenciaga, Lady Gaga, Madonna and more, shares their story with us.
TW: Depression, Suicide, and Anorexia.
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Recorded and released 2019

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Anel Flores

In this episode, Anel Flores—a butch lesbian Chicana writer and artist whose roots span the Valley, San Antonio, and everything in between—reflects on her experiences as a queer individual who was raised in a Catholic family, the gift of parenthood, and the transformative moment when she took a writing workshop with Gloria Anzaldúa. She also discusses her creative work, including the book Empanada and her graphic memoir Pinta de Rojo, both of which delve into themes of identity, family, and social justice. ***New book: Curtains of Rain/ Cortinas de Lluva out JULY 2025!
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Vickie Vértiz

Join us for our Bonus Episode where we explore Nepantla, Borderlands, and Queerness with Vickie Vértiz, a Queer Chicana Poet and Professor from California.

"Vickie Vértiz was born and raised in Bell Gardens, a city in southeast Los Angeles County.

Her writing is featured in the New York Times magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, Huizache , Nepantla, the Los Angeles Review of Books, KCET Departures, and the anthologies: Open the Door (from McSweeney’s and the Poetry Foundation), and The Coiled Serpent (from Tia Chucha Press), among many others.

Vértiz’s first full collection of poetry, Palm Frond with Its Throat Cut, published in the Camino del Sol Series by The University of Arizona Press won a 2018 PEN America literary prize. Get a copy here.

Vickie is a proud member of Colectivo Miresa, a feminist cooperative speaker’s bureau, her first poetry collection, Swallows, is available from Finishing Line Press. She teaches at the University of California, Santa Barbara."
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Recorded and released in 2020