Podcasts about achy obejas

Joe Rogan tries his hardest to take a stand against Trump. Ben riffs. Achy Obejas talks Rogan, Bill Maher and Larry David--nice to know that one of them is not scared of Trump. Then she talks about "Mami, I'm Scared," her gripping essay in Politico which asks the troubling question: How do you break the news to children that the country they love elected a tyrant who might send them to a prison in El Salvador? Also, a word or two about Marco Rubio. And a poll in The Forward reveals 72 percent of Jewish Americans disapprove of Trump's presidency. Achy is a poet, novelist, translator and journalist. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, we finally discuss our last two reads from our 2023 community reading schedule, Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated from the Spanish by Achy Obejas, and Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, translated from the Icelandic by Brian FitzGibbon. Highlights:

This week (9/8 & 9/10) on ART ON THE AIR we feature author and poet Achy Obejas whose award-winning novel “Days of Awe” and poetry chapbook “This Is What Happened in Our Other Life.” Next playwright and producer of “Mindy's Bachelorette Party,” Cari Labok and Marilyn Catinella. Our Spotlight is on Chautauqua in the Dunes Photo Exhibit “B” running August though October with Becky Jascoviak. Spotlight Extra on Indiana Ballet Theatre's September 9th "50s Diner Dance." Tune in on Sunday at 7pm on Lakeshore Public Media 89.1FM for our hour long conversation with our special guests or listen at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/show/art-on-the-air, and can also be heard Fridays at 11am and Mondays at 5pm on WVLP 103.1FM (WVLP.org) or listen live at Tune In, plus on Tuesdays at 4pm on WDSO 88.3 FM. Listen to past ART ON THE AIR shows at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/show/art-on-the-air or brech.com/aota. Please have your friends send show feedback to Lakeshore at: radiofeedback@lakeshorepublicmedia.org Send your questions about our show to AOTA@brech.com LIKE us on Facebook.com/artonthairwvlp to keep up to date about art issues in the Region. New and encore episodes also heard as podcasts on: NPR, Spotify Tune IN, Amazon Music, Apple and Google Podcasts, plus many other podcast platforms. Larry A Brechner & Ester Golden hosts of ART ON THE AIR. https://www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org/show/art-on-the-air/2023-08-31/art-on-the-air-september-8-2023

This feature-length film brings together many of the most notable authors of lesbian literature from the previous century. It allows them to share, in their own words, their inspirations and how and why their groundbreaking works became woven into the fabric of the LGBTQ+ community. Featured authors include Sarah Waters, Dorothy Allison, Rita Mae Brown, Lesléa Newman, Ann Bannon, Ellen Hart, Katherine V. Forrest, Lee Lynch, Jewelle Gomez, Penny Micklebury, Jenifer Levin, Achy Obejas, Karin Kallmaker, Elana Dykewomon, Patrick Califia, Claire McNab, Marianne K. Martin, and Nancy Garden.In Her Words is the most comprehensive look ever into the formative decades of lesbian literature and the women who put their safety, lives, and jobs on the line to write works that reflected the truth of lesbian experiences of the time.In Her Words: 20th Century Lesbian Fiction is narrated by venerated LGBTQ+ historian and author Lillian Faderman. Learn more about the project at www.inherwordsthefilm.com#SarahWaters #DorothyAllison #RitaMaeBrown #LesléaNewman #AnnBannon #EllenHart #KatherineVForrest #LeeLynch #JewelleGomez #PennyMicklebury #JeniferLevin #AchyObejas #KarinKallmaker #ElanaDykewomon #PatrickCalifia #ClaireMcNab #MarianneKMartin #Nancy Garden #lesbianliteratureSupport the showCheck out more content on www.lotl.com

This week, Jenn discusses two sea-worthy SF/F books. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated by Achy Obejas (cw: homophobia and transphobia, racism, slurs, slavery, lots of violence of various kinds including sexual) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forrest Gander, Christina MacSweeney, Megan McDowell, Achy Obejas, Nathan Scott McNamara To translate an author's work—staying faithful to their vision, style, and message, in a language not their own—is to assume an awesome responsibility: one that hasn't always gotten its just due as an art form. Four of today's most noteworthy and acclaimed translators of Latin American contemporary literature will shed light on the origins, rewards, pitfalls, and complexities of their discipline. Christina MacSweeney, a recipient of the Valle Inclan prize, has translated the works of leading Spanish-language authors including Valeria Luiselli, Jazmina Barrera, and Elvira Navarro. Megan McDowell, who received the English PEN award and whose works in translation have been nominated four times for the International Booker Prize, has translated many of the most important Latin American authors working today, including Samanta Schweblin, Alejandro Zambra, and Mariana Enriquez. Havana-born translator Achy Obejas, who has worked with Wendy Guerra, Rita Indiana, Junot Díaz, and Megan Maxwell, is also the author of a recent collection of poetry written in a mostly gender-free Spanish and English. And Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Forrest Gander, also a renowned translator, will share insights from his distinguished career. Find out why translation is a journey of never-ending discovery, creativity, and lessons in cross-cultural sensitivity and communication.Sponsored by the Center for the Art of Translation.

Achy Obejas is a poet, translator, novelist, journalist, mother, baseball fan and now...repeat guest on our show! Today's conversation roams from protesting Canadian truckers to Joe Rogan to Free Speech to Achy's theory about "the proximity to Blackness" to the greatness of Roberto Clemente. And then it concludes with Achy's reading of her poem The President of Coca-Cola, a tribute to the great Ana Mendieta.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

KP joins to talk about origins and dramatic sudden closure of iO theater. How can you make a sustainable business off of adults playing pretend? Turns out it’s pretty hard. This episode has everything: improv comedy, wage theft allegations, desecration of human remains. Twists and turns everywhere! Follow KP's incredible project @they.call.us everywhere!!! Footnotes: Behind the Laughs: Community and Inequality in Comedy, Michael P. Jeffries The Funniest One in the Room: The Lives and Legend of Del Close, Kim “Howard” Johnson Chicago Comedy: A Fairly Serious History, Margaret Hicks Skullduggery, Tad Friend, The New Yorker Comedy Guru Charna Halpern Carries On, Achy Obejas, Chicago Tribune The First Comedy Strike, Richard Zoglin, Time Magazine This Unsung Comic Guru Turned Her Passion For Improv Into a Profitable Business INC Magazine, 2016 iO Co-Founder's Controversial Sexual Harassment Comments Spark Debate, Mae Rice, Chicagoist iO Chicago’s move is more than a new address, Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune iO makes a big move into founder Charna Halpern’s ‘dream theater’, Brianna Wellen, Chicago Reader What We Can Learn From Improv Theaters' PPP Loans, Seth Simons, Paste Magazine

Achy Obejas is a poet, translator, novelist, journalist, and political junkie. She's also a friend of Ben from way back when. They start out talking about Boomerang, her latest collection of poetry. And wind up taking the deep dive on everything from the politics of abortion to what the Democrats have to do to save America and beat MAGA.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Achy Obejas is an author and poet whose latest collection is Boomerang/Bumeran, poems in English and Spanish that aim to be gender-free (tough in Spanish) while addressing immigration, displacment, love, and activism. Social media: @CNFPod, @creativenonfictionpodcast Up to 11 Newsletter: brendanomeara.com Patreon: patreon.com/cnfpod Sponsor love: West Virg. Wesleyan College's MFA in Creative Writing

: “Home in Florida; Latinx Writers and the Literature of Uprootedness” Anjanette has said “I wanted a new body of work now of uprootedness about someone living in an environment that's not his.” Anjanette Delgado is a Puerto Rican novelist and journalist whose work in both fiction and nonfiction focuses on heartbreak and social justice. She is the author of “The Heartbreak Pill”; winner of the Latino International Book Award, and of “The Clairvoyant of Calle Ocho”; an Indiefab finalist for best multicultural book of the year. Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies as well as in Kenyon Review, Pleiades, Vogue, New York Times, Hong Kong Review, NPR, HBO, and elsewhere. She holds many other awards and honors. She holds MFA in creative writing from Florida International University and lives in Miami. 

Wayne Goodman in conversation with Achy Obejas, former journalist and activist @achylandia

Recorded by Achy Obejas for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 15, 2021. www.poets.org

What can international literature teach us about our collective past, present and future in these chaotic times? In the latest GrottoPod Gabfest, producer and Grotto fellow Rita Chang-Eppig talks to Jesus Francisco Sierra, Mathangi Subramanian and Olga Zilberbourg about the appeal of international literature, its necessity in our increasingly connected world, and our favorite authors and books, including Akram Aylisli's Farewell, Aylis! (translated by Katherine E. Young), Perumal Murugan's One Part Woman, Wendy Guerra's Revolution Sunday (translated by Achy Obejas), and Yoko Ogawa's Revenge (translated by Stephen Snyder).  Over the course of the conversation, our guests briefly touched on a number of other books, including: Look at Him by Anna Starobinets, translated by Katherine E. YoungA Life at Noon by Talasbek Asemkulov, translated by Shelley Fairweather-Vega  The Gypsy Goddess, When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife, and Exquisite Cadavers, all by Meena Kandasamy.Ghachar Ghochar, by Vivek ShanbhagMy Life in Trans Activism and The Truth About Me: A Hijra Life Story by A. RevathiWomen Without Men by Sharhnush ParsipurLeonardo Padura: The Man Who Loved Dogs, Heretics, Havana Gold, Havana Black, Havana Blue, Havana RedGuillermo Cabrera Infante: Infante’s Inferno, Three Trapped TigersRoberto Bolano: By Night In Chile, The Third Reich, Amulet, The Skating Rink Celebrate International Day of the Book (April 23) by dipping into some of these titles!

Amanda and Jenn discuss books about mother-daughter relationships, climate change primers, engaging audiobooks, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Read Harder 2020 Challenge, A People’s History of Heaven by Mathangi Subramanian, new in paperback from Algonquin Books, and Book Riot Insiders. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. FEEDBACK Daevabad Trilogy (City of Brass #1) by S.A. Chakraborty, Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, and City of Spires series (City of Strife #1) (rec’d by Eric) QUESTIONS 1. Hello! I’m hoping to find a couple of books- fiction or nonfiction that delve into the complicated world of mother-daughter relationships. I don’t necessarily have a BAD relationship with my own mother, but we have a very difficult time communicating about anything real, and I struggle with how much she depends on my “needing” her to do things for me- even though I am almost 30 and have always been very independent. Books are often my therapy, and I’m looking for stories that will help inspire and motivate me with ideas on how to better our relationship. Or, at least, make me feel like I am not alone in this. Any recommendations? Thanks so much!! 2. Hi! A dear friend of mine was home schooled in a restrictive (abusive) environment. The only books he has ever read are the Bible and Twilight. Later in adulthood, he also suffered a traumatic brain injury, so his ability to concentrate is sometimes low. He’s recently decided to go for his GED and we are all very happy for him! One of the things he wants to do is read some of the books on the high school curriculum, but honestly I’m not sure where to start him. I don’t want to discourage him by starting him on something like Pride and Prejudice or Lord of the Flies where both the vocabulary and the syntax would be unfamiliar to him. I don’t think he could parse the sentence structure. I’m trying to push him towards Stephen King or other really popular, compelling stories until he gets in the physical habit of reading, but he would really like something “literary”. Can you recommend something classic, but plain (American) English and good for fostering a love of reading in someone who has always been denied that opportunity? Thanks, -Ella 3. I’m asking for a book recommendation for my mom. For the last several years, we’ve been having conversations about climate change and the climate crisis. She knows it’s an issue, but hasn’t had the sense of urgency or engagement around it that I do. She’s never shown an interest in diving deeper into the topic until this weekend when I was home for Thanksgiving. She asked if I had a recommendation for a book (or podcast) that could explain it and why it’s such a crisis in a way that’s easy to follow. I heard your recommendation recently for So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo and I am wondering if there is a book like that for climate change? I feel like this is an opportunity to really get her engaged and I don’t want to mess it up!! Thanks and I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! -Ashley 4. I have set the goal for myself to try to not read books by straight white men this year (going through at least March of next year), but have had some difficulty finding read-a-likes for the rereads I’ve been craving. I really want to read something in which the city of London is a character. My go to would be the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch or London: a Biography by Peter Ackroyd, both of which I loved. Help! Thanks! -Emi 5. I am looking for a captivating audiobook . Bahni Turpin is a favorite narrator of mine. I am not in the mood for humor or satire. I love literary fiction and I am specifically looking for books by and about people of the African diaspora. Do you have any good recommendations for me? Thank you. I am desperate for a good listen. My favorite listens to date include: Adult The Count of Monte Cristo The Seasons of Beento Blackbird Young Adult Dread Nation by Justina Ireland Children of Blood and Bone -Regina 6. I was recently diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, and I’m looking for a fiction novel that shows me I’m not alone. I’m not looking for something about social anxiety, though, and I’ve already read Turtles All the Way Down, All the Bright Places, Every Last Word and other mental health-centered books. I mostly read YA, but Adult or Middle Grade would be awesome too! If there’s an LGBT aspect that would be a great bonus. Thank you so much!! -A Chronic Worrier 7. I love books that are about everything and nothing with a hint of magical realism. Some of my favorites are: Wolf by Jim Harrison, Gilead by Marilyn Robinson, The Stranger by Albert Camus, The Secret History by Donna Tartt, The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro, and Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi. I’d love to discover less known writers; fiction only, please. Can’t wait to hear your picks! -Michelle BOOKS Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin The Magical Language of Others by EJ Koh (tw: suicidal thoughts and attempts, disordered eating, domestic violence, sexual assault, depression) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (trigger warnings: child abuse) The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells Climate Changed by Philippe Squarzoni NW by Zadie Smith Brick Lane by Monica Ali (tw: domestic violence) Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (tw: slavery) Book of Night Women by Marlon James, narrated by Robin Miles (tw: slavery & related violence) Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (rec’d by Jamie Canaves) How To Be a Movie Star by TJ Klune (tw: suicidal thoughts, depression, anxiety) Exit West by Mohsin Hamid Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated by Achy Obejas (tw: sexual assault, transphobia, homophobia, use of slurs, racism)

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Amanda and Jenn discuss horror westerns, adventure novels, books in translation, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Upon a Burning Throne by Ashok K. Banker, and Extraordinary Birds by Sandy Stark-McGinnis. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher.   Questions 1. Hello! My friend is about to have her 2nd baby, and I’m putting together a postpartum care package for her. Obviously I need to include books! Pregnancy brain and a toddler running around have made it hard for her to concentrate on anything substantial for very long, so I’m looking for quick reads that she can dip in and out of (graphic novels, poetry, short story collections, etc.). She loves cooking, especially with the food she grows herself, and anything nature-related. I’ve already got Lumberjanes, Misfit City, and Relish on my list, as well as Mary Oliver and Walt Whitman (if I can find something of his she hasn’t read). Thank you so very much for any suggestions! -Sarah   2. I absolutely loved a Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. I also read Rules of Civility. I love books with great character development set around historical events or spanning a long time with cultural or historical significance. Some of my favorite authors are Margaret Mitchell, John Jakes, Fredrik Backman and Michael Chabon. Please recommend some books or authors that can grab me like these authors. Thanks Helen   3. First of all, I love listening to the Podcast, I discovered it a couple weeks ago and have since then gotten caught up, I literally was listening for probably 10 hours a day! You guys are all super amazing and I love hearing what you will all choose for the different rec’s. Here is mine: I recently rediscovered my love of adventure books. Growing up my favorite adventure books/movies were Jurassic Park, Jumanji, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Congo and Indiana Jones. As an adult I am having trouble finding good quality adventure books. Are there any that would read like an Indiana Jones movie? I recently read The Anomaly by: Michael Rutger which has a similar concept and I did enjoy it. I am also currently reading Sandstorm by: James Rollins which is what got me thinking that I need more adventure books in my life. I want to be an archaeologist in another life, and since that is not an option I would love to read more archaeology books. I hope you can help me find some! -Alexis   4. Hello! I am an avid reader, but I sometimes think I’m not great at gauging my own tastes in books. My favorite books tend to be when the prose, themes, plot all feel intentionally aligned by the author to form a perfectly crafted present to a reader. Some of my favorite reads that fall into this category are The Vegetarian, The Song of Achilles, Freshwater, The Poet X, and Tin Man. I prefer standalone novels, but any genre/age range recommendations are welcome. I am also open to any suggestions to bump up books that are on my already very large Goodreads tbr. Thanks for the help! -Danielle   5. I would like to read some amazing books in translation. I’m really into science fiction, but it doesn’t have to be science fiction. I just want something totally gripping from another culture and language. Probably my all-time number one favorite book in translation is The Man with Compound Eyes by Ming-yi Wu (though they usually write his name as Wu Ming-yi). Some other favorite books in translation are: April Witch by Majgull Axelsson, The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katrina Bivald, The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, The Great Passage by Shion Miura, The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa, The Three Body Problem & The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu, One Hundred Years of Solitude & Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. [Does the Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley count?] Some books in translation that didn’t thrill me include: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (actually I haven’t liked anything by him but I can’t remember the other ones I’ve read), The Inferno by Dante Alighieri (though I feel the translation I read might have been subpar), The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami, The Girl Who Loneliness by Kyung-Sook Shin, Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, HWJN by Ibraheem Abbas, Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea, and Target in the Night by Ricardo Piglia. I want books that help me understand people, so I do want an internal world in my books. But they don’t have to be exclusively internal. I like action and plot as well. Of course, beautiful prose is always great but not necessary. Think the Martian Chronicles- lots of societal commentary done in a beautiful way. I don’t need any European books, but I won’t say no if you think it’s amazing. I’d rather expand my reading though and get somewhere new in my reading life. I think I’ve done little to no reading of African writers in translation, and the books that I’ve read set in Africa have been mostly in Nigeria and Egypt. I love short stories too and am open to anthologies. I also would prefer to read female authors!!! Thanks so much! You guys are awesome!!! I’m new to Get Booked and Book Riot but I am so thrilled to have found you guys!! PS: I just download about 8 books from World Book Day on Amazon! -Teresa   6. I’ve really loved reading Shout and Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Solo by Kwame Alexander and Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. I want to read something in this same vein – novels written in verse. Not sure if you’ve answered this before but please help! -Holly   7. My little book club (Ogden Lit and Libations) is celebrating three years this October. While discussing a good creepy read to pick along with picks for a couple of other months, we realized we had yet to read a western novel. We’ve already picked all our other books for this year, so we want a combined genre pick for October. We’re looking for a western horror or horror western that will keep us reading and that has great discussion potential. Our general guidelines are to pick backlist (but we will go new for a fabulous read) that aren’t extremely popular due to an impending movie or TV show (again, fabulous will override this) that are around 400 pages (less is fine, more than 500 requires the book be outstanding). Thank you! Looking forward to hearing your recs! -Amanda   Books Discussed The Unsettlers by Mark Sundeen When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams The Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott Time Salvager by Wesley Chu Labyrinth by Kate Mosse Insurrecto by Gina Apostol (tw genocide) Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated by Achy Obejas (tw: sexual assault, homophobia, slurs) August by Romina Paula, translated by Jennifer Croft Future Fiction, edited by Bill Campbell Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai Blood Water Paint by Joy McCollough (tw: rape, suicidal ideation) Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Harry Potter AR game, the return of Bill & Ted, international SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders,  A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, and Enchantée by Gita Trelease. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Announce BILL & TED 3 Release Date Time Bandits TV series with Taika Waititi Harry Potter AR game details! Full Stranger Things Trailer   Books Discussed Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated by Achy Obejas (tw: rape, transphobia, racial slurs) Future Fiction, edited by Bill Campbell tw: Suicide, “Grey Noise” and “Proposition 23” Bestiality, “The International Studbook of the Giant Panda” Animal and human experimentation, “Creative Surgery” World of Fantasy Day on Book Riot Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, transl. by Julia Meitov Hersey Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (Recommended episode)

Amanda and Jenn discuss travel and adventure stories, Romeo + Juliet read-alikes, books in translation, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, Nurx, and Dreamscape. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher.   Feedback A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume Lady Hardcastle Series by T.E. Kinsey   Questions 1. Hello ~ I am fan of the podcast and wanted to ask for a recommendation if possible: I am traveling solo in Italy for two weeks in the end of March. I always like to bring 2 books along and was hoping you might have some recommendations for books that might be real page-turning addictive type. My directives are as such: - 2 publications (at least one of which I like fiction but historical non-fiction is also great). Since I hope to bring 2, neither of them should be super heavy/long for travel-weight-ease - I am a real fan of first person narrative - I love the semi-classics like anything by Hermann Hesse, Emile Zola and some Hemingway but also open to newer things (Murakami and Tom Robbins are people I go back to often) - I love a story that is somewhat of an adventure and the plot can range from realism to fantasy. - Really what I am looking for is something I can't put down. Thank you so much and I hope to hear from you soon ~ if not in the show an email would do the job and I'd be ever so grateful. -TJ   2. hello! god, this podcast is heaven-sent, thank you so much for what you do! maybe you can help me find something in this very narrow niche! one of my favorite movies is romeo + juliet (1996) and i've been craving for something that plays to that star-crossed lovers thrown in neon splendor. something that has that city grit feel to it but also that greasy-dreamy quality and moments of awe and heartbreak. and neon. i would love something to rip my heart out both with the characters, their love story and the descriptions! something lush, a little silly, and utterly beautiful and sprawling. this is asking for a lot, i know, but if anyone can find it — i believe you can! i would LOVE it to be lgbt. no y/a or graphic novels please. fantasy and magic are encouraged but not required. -Cal   3. I would love to expand my reading repertoire to include more books in translation. I would appreciate some fiction recommendations that will immerse me in the lives and cultures of diverse people and places, particularly areas that we may not hear about often here in the U.S. I enjoy most genres as long as the writing is engaging and the stories are interesting. I am sensitive to any books that involve harm to animals and prefer to avoid stories like that. Other than that, I have no trigger warnings. I will include a link to my Goodreads profile and hope that will be helpful. -Bobbi   4. Hello! I would love to find a great book to read next and I'm completely overwhelmed by my TBR. My most recent favorites are the Unseen World and If We Were Villains. I also love authors Hannah Kent and Celeste Ng. I'm currently reading Washington Black and I'm loving it so far. Thank you for the help! -Lauren   5. My sister-in-law and I are going to celebrate our birthdays next summer by taking a literary-themed trip to England. We plan to visit the homes and inspirational settings of our favorite female authors, especially Jane Austen, all the Brontes, and Daphne du Maurier. Besides rereading their novels, we would like to read travelogues or fictional books that highlight these regions in England. We anticipate traveling throughout Cornwall, Hampshire, Bath, and Yorkshire (and possibly Hay-on-Wye in Wales because who can resist a town famous for its bookshops!). I love the podcast and have been listening for years. Thanks. -Donna   6. Just finished The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavelle and I've got stars on my eyes I love the way he started with such a racist story and, instead of glossing over it, put it center focus and used that as a way to exam the racism of the day and in Lovecraft's work. Do you know of any other sci-fi, fantasy or horror retellings that make great social commentary? -Kathleen   7. I just saw The Favourite and I loved it! I would like either a nonfiction book about the real Queen Anne or (if that's not possible) a queer historical fiction novel, preferably one that flies under the radar. I've read KJ Charles, Cat Sebastian, Alan Hollingsworth, and Sarah Waters. -Amy   Books Discussed On Trails by Robert Moor America is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan A Room with a View by EM Forster Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar As Meat Loves Salt (rec’d by Kathleen) by Maria McCann (TW: violence of all kinds) Anna-Marie McLemore War for the Oaks by Emma Bull Tentacle by Rita Indiana, transl by Achy Obejas (tw: rape) Disoriental by Négar Djavadi, translated by Tina Kover The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas (tw: self-harm, suicidal ideation, eating disorders) Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper The Merry Spinster by Daniel Mallory Ortberg Not So Stories, edited by David Thomas Moore Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough by Ophelia Field

Broken coin - Soft and Furious; Theory - Card Cells Experiment; Soldiers - May Lyn, Runnin' - Rahu; Geeknotes: 6/21-Emerging Artists Open House @ MoAD, Achy Obejas Book Launch @ City Lights, 6/22 -SF 2018 SXSW Community Meet Up @ Bespoke; Practice - Stage 2 Cells; Shredded trauma - Soft and Furious

L.A. Kauffman talks about the history of radical action in the U.S. beginning May Day 1971, when an audacious collection of radical announced that “If the government won't stop the war, we'll stop the government.”  The extraordinary story of a nearly forgotten action in Washington, D.C. leads into a discussion of movements from the anti-nuclear power protests of the 1970s and 80s to the AIDS action movement and the 1999 Battle of Seattle, all woven together through a set of organizing structures and tactics heavily influenced by the feminist and radical queer movements.  Kauffman is the author of the new book, DIRECT ACTION: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism. And Carolina de Robertis shares excerpts from and the ideas behind the new anthology RADICAL HOPE: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times.  The book, which is released on Tuesday, compiles letters by 33 prominent writers including Junot Diaz, Karen Joy Fowler, Jewelle Gomez, Mona Eltahawy, Achy Obejas, Alicia Garza, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Cristina Garcia.  Carolina and a number of the contributors will celebrate the book launch on Wednesday, May 3 at Laurel Books in Oakland and on May 10 at Bookshop West Portal in San Francisco. The post Womens Magazine – May 1, 2017 – Hope and Dissent Through Writing and Action appeared first on KPFA.

Cuban-American lesbian novelist and journalist Achy Obejas discusses growing up in the Midwest with her dad in a mental hospital, her racially-mixed mom trying to pass as white, and Confederate flag-sporting neighbors. We also discuss racism in the arts, corruption in Chicago, and the decline of print journalism. Read the transcript at scribd.com/artactivistnia. Support the podcast at patreon.com/artactivistnia.

Two new novels by Achy Obejas (Ruins) and Robert Arellano (Havana Lunar) are set in Cuba.In Ruins, a true believer is faced with a choice between love for his family and the Cuban Revolution. Obejas is the author of the novel Days of Awe; she translated into Spanish Junot Diaz' award-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. She is currently Writer in Residence at DePaul University in Chicago.In Robert Arellano's hypnotic noir novel, a young doctor, the teenage prostitute he befriends, and her pimp and his bodyguards are caught in a violent chain reaction that plunges them into the catacombs of Havana's criminal underworld. Robert Arellano is the author of two other novels, Fast Eddie: King of the Bees and Don Dimaio of La Plata.Recorded On: Monday, March 23, 2009