Being the Queer Ancestors of the Future
08/27/24 • 46 min
Episode Description:
In this episode, AGG and Sergio have a lively discussion with Caro De Robertis about their obsession with Greek mythology, how writers begin as passionate readers, and the ups and downs of the human experience. Caro spills the tea about their journey of being exiled by family, dealing with homophobic relatives, and the joy of working with a queer Latina editor. They also delve into the power of honoring the erotic in literature, the adventures of queer parenting, and share the captivating story of how they discovered their queerness.
About the Author: Caro De Robertis - @caro_derobertis
Caro De Robertis is the award-winning and bestselling author of several books, including The President and the Frog, Cantoras, and more. Their work has been translated into eighteen languages and has garnered numerous honors including a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, two Stonewall Book Awards and the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, which they were the first openly nonbinary person to receive. De Robertis is also an award-winning literary translator and a professor at San Francisco State University. They live in Oakland, CA with their two children.
About the Book: The Palace of Eros
Young, headstrong Psyche has captured the eyes of every suitor in town and far beyond with her tempestuous beauty, which has made her irresistible as a woman yet undesirable as a wife. Secretly, she longs for a life away from the expectations and demands of men. When her father realizes that the future of his family and town will be forever cursed unless he appeases an enraged Aphrodite, he follows the orders of the Oracle, tying Psyche to a rock to be ravaged by a monstrous husband. And yet a monster never arrives.
Told in bold and sparkling prose, The Palace of Eros transports us to a magical world imbued by divine forces as well as everyday realities, where palaces glitter with magic even as ordinary people fight for freedom in a society that fears the unknown.
Author Recommended Playlist:
Kali Uchis - Moonlight
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Rita Indiana - Miedo
Connect with Los Bookis!
@Los.Bookis.Podcast
@adriangaston.garcia
@que_viva_sergio_lopez
Episode Description:
In this episode, AGG and Sergio have a lively discussion with Caro De Robertis about their obsession with Greek mythology, how writers begin as passionate readers, and the ups and downs of the human experience. Caro spills the tea about their journey of being exiled by family, dealing with homophobic relatives, and the joy of working with a queer Latina editor. They also delve into the power of honoring the erotic in literature, the adventures of queer parenting, and share the captivating story of how they discovered their queerness.
About the Author: Caro De Robertis - @caro_derobertis
Caro De Robertis is the award-winning and bestselling author of several books, including The President and the Frog, Cantoras, and more. Their work has been translated into eighteen languages and has garnered numerous honors including a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, two Stonewall Book Awards and the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, which they were the first openly nonbinary person to receive. De Robertis is also an award-winning literary translator and a professor at San Francisco State University. They live in Oakland, CA with their two children.
About the Book: The Palace of Eros
Young, headstrong Psyche has captured the eyes of every suitor in town and far beyond with her tempestuous beauty, which has made her irresistible as a woman yet undesirable as a wife. Secretly, she longs for a life away from the expectations and demands of men. When her father realizes that the future of his family and town will be forever cursed unless he appeases an enraged Aphrodite, he follows the orders of the Oracle, tying Psyche to a rock to be ravaged by a monstrous husband. And yet a monster never arrives.
Told in bold and sparkling prose, The Palace of Eros transports us to a magical world imbued by divine forces as well as everyday realities, where palaces glitter with magic even as ordinary people fight for freedom in a society that fears the unknown.
Author Recommended Playlist:
Kali Uchis - Moonlight
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Rita Indiana - Miedo
Connect with Los Bookis!
@Los.Bookis.Podcast
@adriangaston.garcia
@que_viva_sergio_lopez
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About the Author: @aaronaceves
Aaron H. Aceves is a bisexual, Mexican-American writer born and raised in East L.A. He graduated from Harvard College and received his MFA from Columbia University. His fiction has appeared in Epiphany, The Florida Review, and Passages North, among other places. He currently lives in Texas, where he serves as an Early Career Provost Fellow at UT Austin, and his debut novel, This Is Why They Hate Us, was released by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. It received multiple starred reviews and was named a Best Young Adult Book of 2022 by Kirkus Reviews.
About the Book: This is Why They Hate Us
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Author Recommended Playlist:
Brockhampton - Swim
Frank Ocean - Self Control
Mashrou’ Leila - Ashabi
Connect with Los Bookis!
@Los.Bookis.Podcast
@adriangaston.garcia
@que_viva_sergio_lopez
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About the Author: @JoeJimenez_writ
Joe Jiménez is the author of the poetry collection Rattlesnake Allegory and Bloodline, a young adult novel. He was the recipient of the 2016 Letras Latinas/Red Hen Press Poetry Prize, and he was awarded a Lucas Artists Literary Artists Fellowship. His writing has appeared on the PBS Newshour and Lambda Literary sites. Joe lives in San Antonio, Texas, where he is a high school English teacher and a member of the Macondo Writers Workshop.
About the Book: Hot Boy Summer
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Author Recommended Playlist: Ariana Grande - Into You, No More Tears, Rain on Me
Connect with Los Bookis!
@Los.Bookis.Podcast
@adriangaston.garcia
@que_viva_sergio_lopez
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