About the book:
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From the author of "For Br own Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts\," a celebration of the women at the heart of Latine families. \; \;
\nBorn into a large\ , close-knit family in Nicaragua\, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodrí\;guez grew up surrounded by strong\, kind\, funny\, sensitive\, resilient\, judg mental\, messy\, beautiful women. Whether blood relatives or chosen family \, these tí\;as and primas fundamentally shaped her view of the worl d&mdash\;and so did the labels that were used to talk about them. The t&ia cute\;a loca who is shunned for defying gender roles. The pretty prima put on a pedestal for her European features. The matriarch who is the core of her community but hides all her pain. \;
\nIn "Tí\;as and Primas\," the follow-up to her acclaimed debut "For Brown Girls with Shar p Edges and Tender Hearts\," Mojica Rodrí\;guez explores these arche types. Fearlessly grappling with the effects of intergenerational trauma\, centuries of colonization\, and sexism\, she attempts to heal the pain th at is so often embodied in female family lines. \; \;
\n"T&i acute\;as and Primas" is a deeply felt love letter to family\, community\, and Latinas everywhere. ~From the Publisher.
\nAbout the author\, P risca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez:
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Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodr& iacute\;guez was born in Managua\, Nicaragua but calls Nashville\, Tenness ee home. She got her Masters of Divinity from Vanderbilt University in the Spring of 2015. The bulk of her work is around making accessible\, throug h storytelling and curating content\, the theories and heavy material that is oftentimes only taught in the racist/classist institutions known as ac ademia.
\nShe started the platform Latina Rebels in 2013\, and curre ntly it boasts over 300k organic followers online. She has been featured i n Telemundo\, Univision\, Mitú\;\, Huffington Post Latino Voices\, G uerrilla Feminism\, Latina Mag\, Cosmopolitan\, Everyday Feminism\, and wa s invited to the White House in the Fall of 2016. She is unapologetic\, an gry\, and uncompromising about protecting and upholding the stories of Lat inx communities. Que viva la gente! Find more information here.
\nAbout our host\, Ofelia Montelon go:
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Ofelia Montelongo is a bilingual writer from Mexico. She has an MBA i n Strategic Leadership &\; an MA in Latin American Literature. Her work has been published in \;The Rumpus\, \;Latino Book Review\, Los A centos Review\, \;and elsewhere. She is the editor of the Latine Monst ers issue at \;Barrelhouse. \;She currently teaches at the Univers ity of Maryland and she is a PEN/Faulkner writer in residence\, a Macondis ta &\; a PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow. Tin House\, VONA\, Key Wes t Seminar alumna. Find out more he re.
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