Latina Literary Legends: Myriam Gurba and Esmeralda Santiago

Tamarindo

Tamarindo | Sonoro

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4.8 • 741 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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On this episode of Tamarindo, we speak to two literary legends. We’ll first speak to Mexican American writer and artist Myriam Gurba about her new collection of essays, Creep and her love of language. Creep: Accusations and Confessions, is a deep dive into the dark recesses of toxic traditions that plague the United States and creates the abusers who haunt us. Learn more about Myriam: myriamgurba.com Then, we talk about nostalgia, memories, and natural disasters with Puerto Rican author Esmeralda Santigo, the themes of her new novel, Las Madres a powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together. Learn more about Esmeralda: esmeraldasantiago.com Charly Stoever guest co-hosts this episode. Ana Sheila will be back next week. Mentioned on this Episode: Cultivating Financial Liberation Oct. 5th at the Pop-Hop in Highland Park: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cultivating-financial-liberation-tickets-704841107727?aff=oddtdtcreator Encuentro Creative Retreat Feb. 15 - 19, 2024 in Puebla, Mexico: https://www.tamarindopodcast.com/encuentro Mucho Gusto Festival in Riverside September 23, 2023: https://esmeraldasantiago.com/ Charly’s book recommendations: Wealth Warrior by Linda Garcia Gender Magic by Rae McDaniel Tamarindo is a lighthearted show where hosts Brenda Gonzalez and Ana Sheila Victorino discuss politics, culture, and self-development. Join us as we delve into discussions on race, gender, politics, representation, and life! You can get in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com Brenda and Ana Sheila are executive producers of Tamarindo podcast with production support by Josie Melendez and Augusto Martinez, of Sonoro Media. Jeff Ricards produced our theme song. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here. Contribute to the show: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tamarindopodcast1 Follow Tamarindo on instagram @tamarindopodcast and on twitter at @tamarindocast Follow Ana Sheila on instagram @la_anasheila and twitter @Shelli1228 Follow Brenda on twitter at @BrendaRicards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.1	Hi, I'm Igies, Brenda here. On this episode of Camaris, Brenda here.
0:39.4	On this episode of Camarindo, we speak to two literary legends.
0:43.9	First, we'll speak to Mexican-American writer and artist Miriam Gurva about her new collection of essays creep and her love of language.
0:51.9	Then we talk about nostalgia, memories, and natural disasters
0:55.6	with Puerto Rican author
0:56.8	Esmeralda Santiago,
0:58.3	the themes of her new novel,
0:59.8	Las Madres.
1:00.9	Charlie Stofer guest co-hosts this episode with me.
1:03.8	Anna Shela will be back next week.
1:20.5	Thank you. Welcome to Tamarindo podcast.
1:25.3	Hosted by me, Brenda Gonzalez, a political nerd and nonprofit capacity builder.
1:29.3	And me, Anasheila Victorino, a queer, well-being enthusiast and mindset coach. We are a Latinx empowerment podcast discussing politics, culture, and how to keep your
1:33.3	calma with well-being, practices, and self-love.
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