Reading and Conversation for Cuirdorican: Between Queer and Latine
Reading and Conversation for Cuirdorican: Between Queer and Latine
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CuirDoRican offers readers a rarely explored look at the intersections of Queerness, non-binary identity, and gender nonconformity, through a Latine lens. This debut poetry workbook comes on the heels of a national campaign targeting trans and nonbinary people, and one day after the newly elected administration vowed to ban any other gender that is not male or female.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Samy (they/them/elle) is a genderqueer Puerto Rican-Dominican writer, poet, and advocate. Their debut book, CuirDoRican: Between Queer and Latine, explores themes of identity, healing, and empowerment. Samy’s has appeared in The New York Times, Vogue, and their work focuses on amplifying LGBTQ+ and Latine voices.
ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER
Adrian Gaston Garcia (aka AGG) is a queer Latine storyteller whose mission is to share narratives that build community. He hails from the Windy City and has been in the district for the past 13 years. Adrian fuels his creativity via the performing arts, specifically theater, improv, and spoken word poetry. His work is largely based on his experiences and the intersectionality of his identities. It is a shout out to all the queer brown boys who choose joy as their form of resistance.
Adrian’s poetry has been featured at a variety of venues and shows, including the American Poetry Museum, BloomBars DC, Busboys and Poets, the DC Latino Book Festival, DC Pride Poems, DiVerse Gaithersburg, Homo Stanzas, The Nail Salon, Our Space Experience, World Poetry Festival, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Vocales Verticales.
Adrian is the co-host and producer of Los Bookis Podcast, a podcast for queer Latine bookworms who love queer Latine stories. He is also the founder and organizer of Tintas DC - a Latine Writers Group in the DC Metro Area. He is a graduate from the Spanish Sin Pena 2023 Academy and was a Summer 2023 Resident of the DC Mayor’s 202Creates Initiative. Adrian is slated to be a 2025 Pride Poet in Residence at the Arts Club of Washington.
