La telaraña
2626 N. Mesa #273, El Paso, TX 79902 USA
email: Tatiana
¡el telarañazo #5, 1997!
queridas telarañeras:
el tiempo vuela too too fast and it's been a long time, pero gracias a las
arañas creadoras podemos seguir telarañeando. este informe
nace en el desierto: sol inapagable, polvo indetenible, sky inmenso, landscape
desenmascarado. ¡y el viento! the wind hums, rips, pummels, screeches,
rulesp;p; keeps us all humble. este telarañazo también
nace en la frontera entre gringolandia y aztlán, lo cual me parece
totally cosmically correct. es una zona de enchiladas y spanglish, de chicanos
y mexicanos y güeros, de rancheras y rancheras y rancheras. luckily,
todo esto me encanta y ya me adapte a estar sin el mar a mi lado. estoy
en un m.f.a. bilingual creative writing program, teaching basic writing
to first year estudiantes & inventando my very own teaching and grad
school survival methods! entre todo there is poco tiempo for my extracurricular
cosas, asi que aprovecho telarañear con ustedes during el spring
break. tengo a ton of latina lesbian writers' información acumulada
y es con mucho cariño que la comparto.
tatiana de la tierra en el desierto
¡felicidades!
¡happy anniversary al Closet de Sor Juana, que acaba de cumplir
cinco años! el grupo mexicano de lesbianas feministas estuvo presente
en la Segunda Feria de la Mujer, celebrated on International Women's Day
en el zócalo del D.F. entre las actividades del grupo se incluye
el mantener un centro de documentación y de ofrecer talleres de creación
literaria.
la primera edición de Calíope, la boletina lesbiana
feminista latinomericana y del caribe, está a punto de ser publicada.
el newsletter, que fue nombrado en honor a una musa de la poesía
épica, va a contener mayormente ensayos con alto contenido político,
as well as cuentos y poesía. se puede pedir una copia gratis a Calíope,
Casilla de Correo Nro. 12, Sucursal 27 (B), (1427) Capital Federal, Argentina.
email: musas@artemis.wamani.apc.org.
loana de valencia, la "puta Mexican-Indian sinvergüenza"
is going to have su cuento, "Bajando la Luna," published in Best
American Erotica 1997. "bajando" was originalmente publicado
en conmoción's #2 erótica edition.
Bessy Reina won first prize in the 21st annual Joseph E. Brodine
Poetry Competition sponsored by the Connecticut Poetry Society con el poema
"Memoirs of an Unfaithful Lover." last year, los writings de esta
cubana-panameña were published in The Wild Good, Lesbian Photographs
& Writings on Love (edited by Beatrix Gates, Anchor); The Arc
of Love: Lesbian Poetry (edited by Clare Coss; NY: Schribner, 1996)
& Connecticut Poets on AIDS (CT: Andrew Mountain Press, 1996).
también edita "El Extra Cultural," a cultural art feature
for Connecticut's El Extra News, a bilingual newspaper.
latina lesbian writers published in conmoción in 1996: Karleen
Pendleton Jiménez, Blanca del Sol, María de los Ríos,
Doralisa Goitía, tatiana de la tierra, Theresa Becerril, Juana María
Rodríguez, Rosario, Judit Moschkovich, Carla Trujillo, Annette Gaudino,
loana dp valencia, Dolissa Medina, Patricia Meoño-Picado, Carmen
Corrales, Karla E. Rosales, Ananda Esteva, Kimberly Aceves-Denyer, Nora
F. Kerr, Yvette Colón, Teresa Mendoza, om ulloa, Odette Alonso Yodú,
Margarita Castilla, Susana Cook, Naomi Morena, Tina D'Elia & Erotiza
Memaz. plus artwork y fotografía by: Virginia Benavidez, Dina
Bursztyn, Ananda Esteva, Laura Aguilar, Elisa Galdo, Austin, rosana
martínez & Isabel Rosado. p.s. conmoción is
no longer being published! una de esas sad-but-true cosas.
Achy Obejas publicó su segundo libro, Memory Mambo
(Cleis, 1996), una novela con una twenty-four year old lesbiana cubana protagonista,
Juani. she plays with the facts and fantasias of memory, with relaciones
entre mujeres y entre familia, with politically-correct cosas, and with
the invention of duct tape. todo esto happens en un multi-cultural vecindario
en Chicago, con un laundromat churning in the background. once again, la
portada de la novela is graced by una pintura de la artista cubana Nereyda
García-Ferraz. Achy also had su "seafood paella" recipe
incluido in Food For Life & Other Dish, A Benefit Cookbook to Help
Organizations Providing Meals to People with AIDS (Pittsburg: Cleis,
1996). está escritora cubana sigue trabajando como Crítica
Cultural con el Chicago Tribune & is working on cosas, soon to
be revealed.
Monica Palacios was awarded a fellowship from the Mark Taper Forum's
Latino Theatre Initiative to write a play el año pasado. el resultado,
"Clock," se trata de una pareja de lesbianas latinas que intentan
decidir whether or not to have un bebe. la obra de teatro fue read by L.A.-based
professional actors early this year. esta Chicana performance artista &
writer will be teaching las writing classes "Comedy y Cultura"
and "La Llorona 1997" this upcoming fall & spring semester
through the Chicano Studies program at UCLA.
tet-a-tet, revista de lesbianas de Buenos Aires, es publicada por
las argentinas elsa san martin, adriana carrasco, julia, mónica
arroyo, li benett & isabel. la primera edición, publicada
en junio 1996, contiene comentarios, declaraciones, poesía, caricaturas,
una videotet y una crucitet. escriba a tet-a-tet, C.C. 9 - Suc. 32, Rep
de la Boca, (1432) Cap. Fed., Argentina. < a href="mailto:marroyo@wamani.apc.org">
Monica </a>
Emma Pérez' primera novela, Gulf Dreams (Berkeley:
Third Woman, 1996) es un historia written in a unique style, in past and
present tense, in a diary & dream form. se cuenta a través de
los ojos de una Chicana who lusts for a small girl/young woman who becomes
a part of her imagined and real world. la autora, who is an Assistant Prof
of Historia at U. of Texas at El Paso, visitó a las lesbianas latinas
en San Antonio last spring, where she read from her novela and attended
a recepción in her honor. en la portada de su libro hay una monotype
pintura, "La Mestiza," by la artista venezolana Beatriz Pestana.
(nota: la portada es preciosa, evocativa, dreamy, perfect for el contenido.)
her latest proyecto is the completion of her libro, Sexing the Colonial
Imaginary: Chicana Feminist History, Theory & Consciousness, probablemente
to be publicado by Indiana University Press.
tatiana de la tierrap; estoy escribiendo academic & creative
cosas full of myself & growing gray hairs, sometimes feeling condenada
& other times fortunate. stuff published most recently: "el power
y la palabra" & "foot wise" in The Utah Foreign Language
Review; "never" in DIVA, a lesbian life and style magazine
published in London; "ears" in Cumulonimbus; "latina
lesbians in motion" in The New Our Right to Love (edited by
Ginny Vida; Simon & Schuster, 1996); "neurotic love letters"
in Between Us (edited by Kay Turner; Chronicle Books, 1996) and "juego,"
"playing hardball" and "chocolate cake" in The Second
Coming (edited by Pat Califia & Robin Sweeney; Alyson, 1996).
Alicia Gaspar de Alba is happy to report que after nine years, The
Tenth Muse, un lesbianized libro sobre Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz,
está finally finished. un taste de esta obra, "Excerpts from
the Sapphic Diary of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz" was published
in Tasting Life Twice: Literary Lesbian Fiction by New American Writers
(edited by E.J. Levy; Avon, 1995). otro piece publicado en una antología
fue "Facing the Mariachis" in Latina: Women's Voices From the
Borderlands (edited by Lillian Castillo-Speed; Touchstone, 1995).
lesbianas latina writers who were awarded residencies at Cottages at Hedgebrook
last year: Elba Sánchez and Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano.
Kleya Forté-Escamilla's novel, Mada (Sister Vision Press)
se trata de un love story between two women: "Raquel's obsession with
the beautiful and mysterious Mada draws her into a world of crime, intrigue
and betrayal that threatens to destroy them both." la escritora won
Astraea's writing award in '93.
Esperanza Lavender Jazz Paz writes a "Family Values" column
for The Houston Voice & reviews for The Lesbian Review of
Books. esta Chicana was the only woman ever employed full-time by This
Week in Texas, where she was the Features Editor for two years. She
also wrote a weekly "lesbian-partner-kids" type column called
"All That Jazz" for The Texas Triangle.
Hilda Hidalgo edited Lesbians of Color, Social and Human Services
(New York: Harrington Park Press, 1995. el libro is geared toward social
workers and includes articles on cultural & sexual identity. ella escribió
"The Norms of Conduct in Social Service Agencies" & Mariana
Romo-Carmona wrote a piece on latina lesbian organizing.
Carmelita Tropicana took her self-written performance piece, "Milk
of Amnesia /Leche de Amnesia" on tour last year to "Mujercanto"
en San Antonio, to the Randolph Street Gallery in Chicago and to U. of Massachusetts'
New World Theatre in Amherst. la artista cubana también lectured
on memory at the Art Institute of Chicago as part of the Visiting Artists
Program and held a writing workshop at Northwestern University. además
participó en una unique benefit for Columbia College: a marathon
reading of Achy Obejas' Memory Mambo. in this five hour reading
(¡excitante!) a variety of artistas read different parts of the novel.
las partes de la protagonista, Juana, were read by Achy (la voz activa)
y Carmelita (la inner voice). back at home en nueva york, la tropicana está
teaching a performance-through-writing class at NYU and creando away.
Terri de la Peña had pieces published in Dyke Life
(edited by Karla Jay, Basic Books, 1995) & Lesbian Friendships
(NYU Press, 1996). ya terminó con su tercera novela, Faults,
y sigue doing writing workshops.
el libro de Elena Martínez, Lesbian Voices From Latin America,
Breaking Ground (New York: Garland, 1996) contiene in-depth analysis
sobre la temática, motifs & issues de las escritoras lesbianas
Magaly Alabau, Nancy Cárdenas, Sylvia Molloy, Rosamaría
Roffiel & Luz María Umpierre.
L. and G., revista de poesía, fue publicada por Alicia
Gallegos en Buenos Aires. mayormente contiene poemas traducidos al español,
originalmente publicados en eeuu por lesbianas. L. and G., C.C. 10, (1688)
Villa Tesei, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Alicia Gallegos también publico
Reunion, una colección de poesía "Octubre en Paris"
que fue traducido al francés.
YKE! es el boletín del Costa Rican grupo Asociación
de Lucha Por El Respeto A La Diversidad Sexual. escribir: Boletín
YKE, Apartado 1766-2050, San Jose, Costa Rica, América del Centro.
Marga Gómez está taking her comedy & acting to
the screen. she was the lead star in "Miss Clairol," an independent
film directed by Melissa Howden y en el momento está on-site in northern
califas, where she has a part in "Sphere" una action película
dirigida by Barry Levinson. last fall she guest-starred on Tracy Ullman's
HBO Variety Show y she'll be performing at Wimminfest in Albuquerque this
mayo. la mejor noticia es que she has a new comedy cd coming out pronto.
it's called "Joking the Chicken" (Uproar Entertainment).
Susana Cook, la performance artista y escritora argentina, produced
& curated, con su amiga mexicana Nora, "El Cabaret de Mujeres"
en Nueva York last spring en Women's One World. también organizó
"Noches de Latinas." en la primera noche de este espectáculo,
se presentaron las artistas Isabel de Jesus y su guitarrista Isabel,
la poeta Maya Islas, la fotografa Luz Maria Gordillo
y las escritoras Alina Galliano, Sandra Leon y Susana Cook.
she also taught a Women's Theater Workshop at the Gay & Lesbian Community
Center & at WOW. las interesadas pueden llamarla al (718) 543-3209.
la Editorial Lésbica y Centro de Documentación y Archivo Histórico
Lésbico de México "Nancy Cárdenas" publicó
los dos primeros libros. la lesbiana peruana radicada en mexico, Norma
Mogrovejo, escribió El Amor es bxh/2 (ISBN 968-7814-00-4),
un analisis histórico-metodológico del movimiento de lesbianas
y sus amores con los movimientos homosexual y feminista en América
Latina. y la mexicana María Amparo Jiménez publicó
su segundo libro de poesía lésbica No Me Alcanza/It Is
Not Enough (ISBN 968-7814-2). ambos libros estan en inglés y
español. write: CDHAL, Apartado Postal M-7459, D.F. México,
06002. tel in the US: (202) 526-4442. email: archiles@laneta.apc.org.
María Cristina Lugones escribio un comentario sobre las gingrichian
anti-people of color legislacionies. "La nueva legislación y
experimentación social" se publicó en Compas de
la Escuela Popular Norteña, 1008 1/2 Fetterly Ave., East LA, CA 90022.
tel: (213) 780-1057.
Lissette, una dyke cubana, published Little Lezzy 'Zine, "a
collaborate bit of entertainment for & about homosexual women ... published
when cash and clits permit." she's starting el mfa program in creative
writing at Florida International University this fall. (¡felicidades
y suerte!). la 'Zine is so tiny that it fits in the palm of your
hand, and it's free! write: Lissette, 1614 West Ave. #305, Miami Beach,
FL 33139. email: lissette@bellsouth.net.
dykes in Latina: Women's Voices from the Borderlands (ed by
Lillian Castillo-Speed; Touchstone, 1995): Gloria Anzaldúa,
Monica Palacios, Achy Obejas, Alicia Gaspar de Alba &
Cherríe Moraga.
"Motherlands," una obra de teatro that explores "home"
with puppetry, imagery and traditional Puerto Rican musica was written by
las puertorriqueñas Brenda Cotto and Noelia Ortiz.
el play was performed by las autoras with Leo Cabranes, Tina
D'Elia and Ophelia Navarro at the Theater Offensive's "Plays
at Work" festival in Boston last spring.
un nuevo libro de cuentos con temática gay es De amores marginales
(ISBN 968-834-363-3; U. Veracruzana, 1996). la edición fue editada
por Mario Muñoz, quien escribe, en el prologo, una extensa analisis
sobre la literatura homosexual mexicana. las escritoras (not necessarily
dykes) publicadas en esta colección son Inés Arredondo,
Dolores Plaza & Ana Clavel.
la bella, bruja y querida Maria de los Rios will have algo published
in New to North America: Writing by Immigrants, Their Children and Grandchildren
(edited by Abby Bogomolny, Burning Bush, 1997).
cool electronic cosas
arenal es un pueblo volcánico disfrazado de listserv. most
of la gente que anda por ahí son lesbigays latinos from all over.
la comunicación es en español, spanglish, portugues, inglés
y arenales. it's chatty, political, filosófico, y whatever. here's
an official definición: "ARENAL es una lista para los que han
dejado atrás la homofobia." to sign up, send un mensaje to Listserv
and write "subscribe arenal" in the text. el homepage es: Arenal
la conversa lesbiana es un mundo aparte donde se reunen las integrantes
de la gran tribu de lesbianas feministas latinas. ahí se habla en
español y en lesbiano. si quieres estar al tanto de la información
relacionada con los grupos y encuentros de américa latina, this is
the place to go. además, encontraras coming out chismes, inquietudes
al estilo feminista, dyke drama y buena onda. para entrar a la tribu, write:
listserv@artemis.wamani.apc.org.
"Louie Crew" is a gay information academic list which is
run by Louie Crew, aka Queen Lutibelle, from Rutgers University. this is
not an interactive list nor one that floods you daily with messages. la
Lutibelle sends "announcements for lesbigay scholars" every few
weeks, and a directory of all the others who are in the list. write to lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
un email-forum para Chicanas: mujer-l@lmrinet.gse.ucsb.edu
la Biblioteca Gay Lésbica Travesti Transexual de Buenos Aires:
marcelo@lesbigay.wamani.apc.org.
Biblioteca y Archivo Lésbico Pansexual "Escrita en el Cuerpo:"
ales@wamani.apc.org
"De esto y aquello" es un proyecto de visibilidad lésbica
de Aixa Ardin, escritora puertorriqueña. el web page contiene
noticias, poesía y escritos. la direccion es: <http://home.coqui.net/aaardin/>
it's an auditory & visual thing
Panamanian lesbian poet Ana Sisnett has an eloquent recording of
her poetry in the cassette "Glimpses." a few of the titles of
her pieces: "Whistle (Ah been lookin' for me tongue);" "In
This Chair" and "Of Mango Seeds and Flying Fish." el cassette
can be ordered from Encanto Productions, Box 32, 917 N. Lamar, Austin, TX
78703. tel: (512) 442-5986. email: encanto@eden.com.
there's a cool & inspiring CD by Joy Harjo, Native American dyke
poet: "Joy Harjo & Poetic Justice's Letter from the End of the
20th Century." $18. Red Horses Records, PO Box 40726, Albuquerque,
NM 87196.
músicas lesbianas latinas que se pueden conseguir a través
de Ladyslipper Music: Azúcar y Crema, Irene Farrera, Latin Fever,
Lourdes Pérez, Maria Bethania & la-que-muchos-creen-que-fue-pero-no-se-sabe,
Selena. write: Ladyslipper, PO Box 3124-R, Durham, NC 27715. tel:
(800) 634-6044. email: info@ladyslipper.org. (nota: they don't spell "Colombia"
correctly. ¡uf!)
películas dirigidas por latinas/caribeñas o con temática
latina que se pueden conseguir via Women Make Movies: "Tanto Tiempo"
by Cheryl Quintana Leader; "The Idea We Live In" by
Pilar Rodriguez; "The Mother: Mitos Maternos" and
"Home is Struggle" by Marta Bautis; "Columbus on Trial"
by Lourdes Portillo; "¡Adelante Mujeres!" by
the National Women's History Project; "Brincando el Charco: Portrait
of a Puerto Rican" by Frances Negrón-Muntaner; "Chicana"
by Sylvia Morales; "Ana Mendieta: Fuego de Tierra" by Kate
Horsfield, Nereyda Garcia-Ferraz, and Branda Miller; "Sex
and the Sandinistas" by Lucinda Broadbent; "Mujería"
by Teresa Osa Hidalgo de la Riva; "Amor, Mujeres y Flores"
by Marta Rodríguez y Jorge Silva; "Hell to Pay"
by Alexandra Anderson y Anne Cottringer; "Amazon Sisters"
by Anne-Marie Sweeney; "Troubled Harvest" by Sharon
Genasci and Dorothy Velasco; "Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza
de Mayo" by Susana Muñoz and Lourdes Portillo; "El
Hombre, Cuando es el Hombre" por Valeria Sarmiento; "Que
Bom te Ver Viva" by Lucia Murat; "Unfinished Diary"
by Marilu Mallet; "Carmen Carrascal" and "¿Y
su Mama Qué Hace?" by Eulalia Carrizosa; and "Susana"
by Susana Muñoz. write: Women Make Movies, Distribution, 462
Broadway Suite 500E, New York, NY 10013. tel: (212) 925-0606. email: ORDERS@WMM.COM.
"Gay Cuba" es un documental dirigido por la estadounidense
Sonja de Vries. la película explora el trato recibido por
homosexuales y lesbianas en la isla desde el triunfo de la revolución
de 1959 a través de entrevistas, materiales de archivo y testimonios.
en español con subtitulos en inglés. write: Queers for Cuba,
3543 - 18th St. Box 33, San Francisco, CA 94110. tel: (415) 995-4678
"Costa Brava" (Northern Arts/Naiad Press), a film by Marta
Ballet-Coll, co-stars Desi del Valle. la película is about
la relación entre dos mujeres and their adventures & misadventures
en Barcelona. La novela, based on the film was published by Naiad Press.
write: Naiad, PO Box 10543, Tallahassee, FL 32302.
HoMoViSIONES, the television program that promotes the Latin experience
from a Latino queer perspective, cumple tres años en abril. HoMoVISIONES,
24 West 25th St. 12th floor, New York, NY 10010. tel: (212) 741-2464.
"This Way Out" es a weekly gay & lesbian radio program
currently airing on over 85 community radio stations in eight countries,
and on Costi Rica-based global shortwave station Radio For Peace International.
the radio-magazine format show presents news, interviews, historical reviews
and readings of gay & lesbian literatura, entre otras cosas. write:
PO Box 38327, Los Angeles,CA90038-0327.w.page: http://www .grd.org/grd/www/media/radio/thiswayout
"Female Misbehavior/Mujeres Portandose Mal" is a film directed
by Monika Treut que "cuenta lo que vive una lesbiana de color al cambiar
su cuerpo y actitúd transformándose en un hombre heterosexual."
(nota: ¿será que estos "cambios" forman parte de la
identificación del género?)
Carmelita Tropicana makes an appearance in Girlfriends (First Run),
un lesbian short video.
related recomendaciones
libros that I recommend, mostly because I couldn't put them down, que no
son written by latina lesbians: Breath, Eyes Memory by Edwidge Danticat;
Noticia de un secuestro de Gabriel García Márquez;
Where the Oceans Meet by Bhargavi C. Mandava; Flesh & Blood by
Michael Cunningham; Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston;
The Dream of Water by Kyoko Mori; When Fox is a Thousand by
Larissa Lai, Cuando era puertorriqueña by Esmeralda Santiago
& Antes que anochezca de Reinaldo Arenas.
Latin American Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes, A Bio-critical Sourcebook.
Edited by David William Foster (Greenwood Press, 1994; $89.50; ISBN 0-313-28479-2.
544 pages.) this reference book of gay & lesbian writing in Latin America
contains biographical information on authors as well as critical analysis
of gay & lesbian themes found within the body of their obras. while
not exhaustive, this book is rich with information & valuable references
and is a great research tool. las mujeres listed in the Sourcebook, most
of whom are lesbians, are: Magali Alabau (Cuba); Albalucía
Angel (Colombia); Gloria Anzaldúa (US, Chicana); Sabina
Berman (México); Silvina Bullrich (Argentina); Nancy
Cárdenas (México); Denise Chávez (US, Chicana);
Griselda Gambaro (Argentina); Magali García Ramos (Puerto
Rico); Juana Inés de la Cruz (México); Sara Levi
Calderón (México); Nemir Matos-Cintrón
(Puerto Rico); Gabriela Mistral (Chile); Nicholasa Mohn (US,
Nuyorican); Sylvia Molloy (Argentina); Carmen de Monteflores
(Puerto Rico); Mayra Montero (Cuba); Cherríe Moraga
(US, Chicana); Achy Obejas (Cuba); Sheila Ortiz Taylor (US,
Chicana); Terri de la Peña (US, Chicana); Cristina Peri
Rossi (Uruguay); Alejandra Pizarnik (Argentina); Estela Portillo
Trambley (US, Chicana); Cassandra Rios (Brazil); Mireya Robles
(Cuba); Reina Roffé (Argentina); Rosamaría Roffiel
(México); Vera de Sant'anna (Brazil); Lygia Fagundes Telles
(Brazil); Marta Traba (Argentina); Luz María Umpierre-Herrera
(Puerto Rico); and Ana Lydia Vega (Puerto Rico).
los barnes & nobles of the world estan tratando de acabar con small
distribution companies, bookstores & publishers. asi que support independent
bookstores whenever you can! write for a catalog of feminist bookstores
to Feminist Bookstore News, PO Box 882554, San Francisco, CA 94188.
una cosa that didn't fit into any other category
una clarifying nota, by request: Juanita Ramos, Juanita Ramos-Diaz, Juanita
Diaz-Ramos & Juanita Diaz-Cotto are all the same person. (oye Juanita,
te la ganáste. yo no más tengo dos nombres, y tu, ¡cuatro!)
upcoming encuentros
la conferencia "Con La Boca Abierta: Voicing Struggle and Resistence
in the Queer Raza Communities" fue organizada por La Familia, el grupo
latino lésbico/bisexual/maricon/trans de UC Berkeley con el intento
de dialogar entre nosotros las maneras en que sobrevivimos en los distintos
contextos históricos racializados, colonizados, agringados, etc.
to be held April 11-12 on campus. entre las latina lesbian participantes
estan las writers Victoria de los Santos, Veronica Reyes, tatiana de
la tierra, Chiara Medino, Karla Rosales & Cherríe Moraga.
la 12th annual Empowering Women of Color Conference will be held
on April 12 at UC Berkeley. the theme is "Uprising: Women's Work is
Never Done" and some of the featured speakers include Nikki Giovanni,
Nelia Sancho, and Haunani-Kay Trask. tel: (510) 642-2175
Womonwrites, the 19th Annual Southeastern Lesbian Writers Conference,
es una reunión where "Lesbian writers gather to share stories,
celebrate their lives, and enrich one another by bringing together a fertile
blend of experience and insight." to be held May 28-June 1 en un parque
en central Georgia. conference costs $80. write Nancy & Susan Astarte,
728 Stratford Green, Avondale Estates, GA 30002. tel: (404) 508-1881.
Flight of the Mind, Fourteenth Annual Summer Writing Workshops for
Women. workshop presenters include Judith Barrington, Rosellen Brown, Toi
Derricotte, Janice Gould, Lucinda Roy, Marjorie Sandor, Sarah Schulman,
Charlotte Watson Sherman & Cathy Song (¿será que no pudieron
conseguir ni una latina to do a workshop?). to be held June 13-20 and june
22-29. cost ranges from $595 to $795 and a few scholarships are available.
write The Flight of the Mind, 622 Southeast 29th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214.
tel: (503) 236-9862; email: soapston@teleport.com.
el V Encuentro de Lesbianas de Latinoamérica y el Caribe se
realizará en Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana, próximo
a la fecha del VIII Encuentro Feminista en 1999. dirección electrónica:
vencuent@wamani.apc.org.
conferences que ya pasaron
Crossing National & Sexual Borders: Lesbian & Gay Sexualities
in Latin America fue una conferencia organizada by the Center for Lesbian
and Gay Studies at City University of New York. en la conferencia se reunieron
escritoras, activistas, lideres, performers y cultural critics de América
Latina y eeuu para dialogar e intercambiar ideas. algunas de las lesbianas
latinas que fueron presenters en esta conferencia fueron: Diana Bellesi,
Daisy de Jesús, Ilse Fuscova, Marga Gómez, Claudia Hinojosa,
Tiffany Ana López, Frances Negrón Muntaner, Achy Obejas, Eliana
Ortega, Adriana Ortiz Ortega, Graciela Sánchez, Carmelita Tropicana,
Carmen Vázquez & Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano. Además, Elena
Martínez formo parte del organizing committee.
Carmen Vasquez, la "Butch-Puerto-Rican-Socialist" fue una
de las keynote speakers at the 1996 Creating Change Conference, which was
held in D.C. esta conferencia had a "people of color organizing"
institute and a "people of color" reception for gente involved
in SM/Leather/Fetish, entre otras cosas.
calls for cosas
Hijas del Quinto Sol: Studies in Latina Identity, "Focusing
on 25 years of Latina publishing, featuring writers, editors, anthologists,
publishers & scholars Norma Alarcón, Lorna Dee Cervantes,
Angela De Hoyos, Roberta Fernández, María Herrera-Sobek, Tey
Diana Rebolledo, Gloria Vando, Evagelina Vigil-Piñon & others."
July 10-12 at Saint Mary's U. send abstracs for possible presentation conference
to Bryce Milligan, Literature Program, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, 1300
Guadalupe St., San Antonio, TX 78207. tel: (210) 271-3151. deadline: May
1.
a call from Claudia von Vacano, who has created a web page for us:
"Latina artists! This is your chance to be a star in virtual space.
let's bridge gaps of communication. Latinas in San Fran, Nueva York, Tejas,
D.C., Meeami even Cleveland and others touch each others thoughts and feel
each others images with the touch of a button... Submit audio, visual &
written material including film & video." write: Claudia von Vacano,
Oberlin College, OCMR 210, Oberlin, OH 44074-1092. tel: (216) 775-5406.
Email: scv9300@oberlin.edu.
new literary journal of travel writing seeks creative nonfiction capturing
the essence of place. pays $. Grand Tour, P.O. Box 65, Thorofare, NJ 080086.
Cottages at Hedgebrook, el women's writing retreat en un bosque en
el state of Washington is accepting applications for residency from Jan-May
in 1998. este lugar es único, increiblemente respectful of writers.
to request an application, send SASE to: Cottages at Hedgebrook, 2197 E.
Millman Road, Langley, WA 98260. tel: (360) 321-4786. deadline: October
1 1997.
la revista les-bi-gay chilena, editada por el Comite de Iniciativas
Homosexuales busca lesbianas. "sin discriminaciones, invitamos muy
especialmente a las lesbianas a enviar notas, fotos, recortes, etc. sobre
el movimiento lésbico." escribir a: Rafael Quiroga, Casilla
de Correo 53281, Correo Central, Santiago de Chile, Chile. email: centrum@cmet.net
The Hair Thang, Reflections on Black women and their hair, invites
submissions of prose, poetry, drama, art, phtograph, "found pieces,"
for an anthology on the relationship between women of African descent and
their hair. The Hair Thang, 7301 N. Ridge Blvd. #203, Chicago, IL 60645.
deadline: dec. 1.
Innovating Creative Writing Pedagogy: Maurice Kilwein Guevara is
seeking submissions for a book he is editing on this theme. "This book
will suggest imaginative and new directions for teaching creative writing
in the 21st century." write: M. Kilwein Guevara, English Dept, Indiana
U. of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705-1094. deadline: Nov. 1.
Little Lezzy seeks sexual writings. according to la editrix, the
miniature 'zine "is a morsel of spicy, provocative, and intelligent
entertainment for women who play and share their lives with other women."
when she has enuf material, se publica otra. write: Lissette, 1614 West
Ave #305, Miami Beach, FL 33139. email: lissette@bellsouth.net.
Queer and Southern? papers are requested for a collection of interdisciplinary
essays by gay/les & transgendered southerners critiquing the South.
write: Carlos L. Dews, Carolyn Leste Law, English Dept., U. of W. Florida,
11000 U. Parkway, Pensacola, FL 32514. email: dews@uwf.cc.uwf.edu &
claw@niiu.edu deadline: June 1 for proposals, Sept 1 for completed essays.
Lowrider Magazine is offering a scholarship to assist Chicano/Latino
students in finishing their college education. los estudiantes must be of
latino descent, meet certain criteria & write an essay as part of the
application process. write: Lowrider Magazine Scholarship Fund, PO Box 648,
Walnut, CA 91788-0648. deadline: May 31, 1997.
anthology seeks original prose, poetry & creative nonfiction
from writers born between 1965 and 1976. write: Allen Learst, English
Dept, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO 81502. deadline: June 1, 1997.
antología de poesía de latinos/hispanos en eeuu. "Esta
antología tendrá un enfoque histórico y la publicará
la Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico." poemas pueden ser ya
publicados o inéditas, en cualquier idioma. write: Carlos A. Rodríguez
Matos, 251 Academy St., So. Orange, NJ. tel: (201) 762-9354. email: carlosr@pilot.njin.net.
Malachite & Agate, a lesbian poetry journal, seeks submissions;
there's a reading fee. write: PO Box 283, Brockport, NY 14420. deadline:
May 31.
Alyson Publications seeks submissions for anthologies on gay parodies
of gay literature & erotic virgin sex pieces. write: Anthology Guidelines,
Alyson, 6922 Hollywood Blvd. #1000, Los Angeles, CA 90028. deadline: May
31.
Arsenal Pulp Press is accepting "short" short fiction (under
1000 words) for a sex/desire-driven lesbian anthology, Hot & Bothered.
write: Karen X. Tulchisky, PO Box 100, 1036 Odlum Drive, Vancouver, BC,
V5L 3L6 Canada. email: kxt@aol.com. deadline: April 30, 1997.
it's a bilingual, bicultural latina lesbian thing! cuentos, experimental
cosas, creative non-fiction y unnamable creaciones are sought for una fresh
antologîa de latina lesbian writings. manuscripts & letters of
intent are accepted ahora; the written-in-sangre deadline will be announced
this fall. la editrix will be la telarañera tatiana de la tierra.
write: tierra, 2626 n. mesa, #273, el paso, tejas 79902. email: tatiana@utep.edu.
*** these listings are totally limited by space and by what I feel like
putting in here. for many more listings of contests, submissions, etc. sugiero
checking out A View from the Loft (Pratt Community Center, 66 Malcolm
Ave. SE Minneapolis, MN 55414); Poets & Writers and the AWP
Chronicle (Associated Writing Programs, Tallwood House, Mail Stop 1E3,
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030).
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