Saraciea J. Fennell with Zakiya Jamal and Cristina Arreola, WILD TONGUES CAN'T BE TAMED: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora

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🗓️ 8 November 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Editor of the essay collection, Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed, Saraciea J. Fennell, and two of the anthology's contributors, Zakiya Jamal and Cristina Arreola, join Zibby to discuss their individual stories and the ties that connect them all. Saraciea explains the importance of curating a collection of deeply personal pieces on the lived Latinx experience which is not often represented in traditional publishing. As Zakiya attests, Saraciea worked tirelessly through the pandemic to push the authors to be their most vulnerable and authentic selves and cultivate a collection designed to make so many people feel less alone.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibby Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast, Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.
0:07.1	If you like this podcast, you will love my new anthology called Moms Don't Have Time to Have Kids.
0:12.9	Check it out, and you'll hear from 49 authors about all sorts of things moms don't have time to do.
0:17.9	All the authors have been on this podcast. Also, check out my TikTok
0:21.1	at with Zibby and Tracy, my other podcast Sex Talk with Zivie and Tracy. Check out moms don't
0:26.7	have time to write on Medium. And of course, my new publishing company called Zivvy Books.
0:32.3	And now back to our daily author interview site and a quick hello from some of my kids.
0:36.9	Hi. Hi. Hello. Enjoy the show.
0:40.9	If you like this podcast, you will love my new anthology called Moms Don't Have Time to
0:45.7	Kids. Here's a little snippet by one of the authors from the anthology. My name is Shelley R.
0:51.5	Johannes and I'm so excited I got to contribute to moms don't have time to have kids anthology.
0:56.8	My essay, I am not broken. Today I'm OK, is about dealing with chronic illness. What I really don't have time for is getting sick so that I can binge Netflix and hide in bed.
1:06.4	Saracia Finnell and Zakiya Jamal and Christina Areola are contributors to wild tongues
1:12.9	can't be tamed, 15 voices from the Latin X diaspora.
1:16.8	Saracia, who is the editor of this collection, is a black Honduran writer and the founder
1:21.3	of the Bronx's reading.
1:22.8	She is also a book publicist who has worked with many award-winning and New York Times best-selling
1:26.6	authors.
1:27.5	She sits on the board for Latinx in publishing, as well as on the advisory board of people of
1:31.7	color in publishing. She lives in the Bronx with her family and dog Oreo. Zekea Jamal was born in
1:37.4	Queens, raised in Long Island, and currently resides in Brooklyn. In other words, she's a New Yorker
1:41.8	through and through. She holds a BA in English from Georgetown
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