Estella González es chicana de primera generación nacida y criada en el este de Los Ángeles. Cuenta con un B.A. en inglés de la Universidad Northwestern y su MFA en ficción de la Universidad de Cornell. Su trabajo ha sido publicado por Kweli Journal, Huizache, Asteri(x) Journal y otras revistas literarias. Su poesía ha sido incluida en antologías como What They Leave Behind: A Latinx Anthology (Bowker, 2021) y Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse (Lost Horse Press, 2017). Sus historias han obtenido numerosas distinciones y premios, incluido el Premio Philip Freund de escritura creativa de la Universidad de Cornell, mención especial del Premio Pushcart. En los premios anuales International Latino Book Awards, recibió un premio Rising Star por Chola Salvation (Arte Público Press, 2021), que ganó medallas de oro por Mejor primer libro y Mejor colección de cuentos. Además, Chola fue finalista del New Mexico - Arizona Book Award. Sus manuscritos también han sido finalistas del premio Louise Meriwether First Book Prize y del premio James D. Houston de literatura occidental. Actualmente reside en Tucson junto a su esposo y sus dos gatos. Visita su página aquí.
Estella González is a first generation Chicana born and raised in East Los Angeles. She received her B.A. in English from Northwestern University and her MFA in fiction from Cornell University. Her work has been published by Kweli Journal, Huizache, Asteri(x) Journal, and other literary journals. Her poetry has been included in anthologies such as What They Leave Behind: A Latinx Anthology (Bowker, 2021) and Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse (Lost Horse Press, 2017) stories have garnered numerous distinctions and awards, including Cornell University's Philip Freund Award for Creative Writing, Special Citation Pushcart Prize. At the annual International Latino Book Awards, she received a Rising Star Award for Chola Salvation (Arte Público Press, 2021), which won gold medals for Best First Book and Best Short Story Collection. In addition, Chola was a finalist for the New Mexico - Arizona Book Award. Her manuscripts have also been shortlisted for the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize and the James D. Houston Prize for Western Literature. She currently resides in Tucson with her husband and her two cats. Visit her page here.
Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse (Lost Horse Press, 2017) · What They Leave Behind: A Latinx Anthology (Bowker, 2021) · Chola Salvation (Arte Público Press, 2021)
What They Leave Behind is a collection of over 50 Latinx poets whose work bridges past and present to embody a new reality that celebrates the diaspora and all its complexities. Whether it’s through reclaiming language and learning to roll the r’s in our words, or by tracing the lineage from mother to daughter through bowls of masa and dirt, these poems serve the strongest cup of café con leche and demand we see ourselves as proud remnants of strawberry pickers, lotería players, hood healers, barrio prophets, and dreamers. They are the voices of a people ...
In the title story of this collection, Isabela is minding her family’s restaurant, drinking her dad’s beer, when Frida Kahlo and the Virgen de Guadalupe walk in. Even though they’re dressed like cholas, the girl immediately recognizes Frida’s uni-brow and La Virgen’s crown. They want to give her advice about the quinceañera her parents are forcing on her. In fact, their lecture (don’t get pregnant, go to school, be proud of your indigenous roots) helps Isabela to escape her parents’ physical and sexual abuse. But can she really run away from ...
An anthology of poems from women who proudly celebrate their own nastiness and that of other women who have served as nasty role models; poems by and about women defying limitations and lady-like expectations; women refusing to be "nice girls;" women embracing their inner bitch when the situation demands it; women being formidable and funny; women speaking to power and singing for the good of their souls; women being strong, sexy, strident, super-smart, and stupendous; women who want to encourage little girls to keep dreaming.
This Wednesday, we are back to a conversation with a writer from the United States. Hablemos Escritoras proudly presents Estella Gonzalez with Isabel Ibañez. Este miércoles regresamos a las escritoras escribiendo desde Estados Unidos con una entrevista por Isabel Ibañez y el gusto de tener a Estella González. La conversación es en inglés and you will love it. Estella González is the author of the award-winning short story collection, Chola Salvation (Arte Público Press, 2021), Kweli Journal, Huizache, Asteri(x) Journal, and other ...
Hoy! Hoy! Hoy! llega a Hablemos Escritoras, Sandra Cisneros (Chicago, 20 dic 1954). Conocida internacionalmente, traducida a más de 20 idiomas, y ganadora del American Book Award, queremos invitarlos a saber más de la mundialmente conocida escritora Sandra Cisneros. La primera traducción de La casa en Mango Street al español fue por doña Elena Poniatowska y viene en camino la segunda traducción por Fernanda Melchor. Su último libro Martita, I remember you/Martita, te recuerdo, acaba de aparecer en traducción de Liliana Valenzuela. ...
Como cada año lo decimos, es tan difícil seleccionar solamente unos cuantos libros que han marcado nuestra lectura anual. Si además estas recomendaciones se tienen que ajustar a los publicados en el mismo año lo es aun más.
Así que este año en Hablemos, escritoras queremos compartir una pequeña lista de algunos de los maravilloso libros que llegaron a nuestras manos. Los que han seleccionado nuestras colaboradoras no son solamente en español, no son sólo de escritoras hispanoamericanas y no todos fueron publicados en ...