S2 E8 SABRINA & CORINA: Writing a Place for Oneself

Nov 3, 2021
34 mins

Episode Description

In this episode, we discuss Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine; a collection which evokes a powerful sense of place in these stories set in Fajardo-Anstine's hometown of Denver & in southern Colorado, centering the lives of Latinas of Indigenous ancestry. Through the mostly working-class women characters, Fajardo-Anstine explores personal & collective histories; intergenerational trauma & resilience; issues of class, race, & queerness; feminism and sisterhood; & agency & transformation in spite of powerlessness & adversity.

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