008 – Catching Up with Casandra López

“It’s important to remember who you are writing for…”

Casandra López is a Chicana, Cahuilla, Luiseño, and Tongva poet and writer raised in Southern California and the author of the poetry collection Brother Bullet.

We’ll be talking Brother Bullet, the importance of place, and how we get to choose what to call ourselves. Finally, we’ll talk about we’re reading and some thoughts for the road.

A quick summary of what to expect…

Intro/Welcome
López’s Bio
Episode Summary
from the ARCHIVE: Casandra López reads at City of Asylum, November 2020
Karla and Adriana discuss!
The rest of López’s performance from City of Asylum
An interview between Karla and López (edited for clarity)
Karla and Adriana debrief
What Are We Reading?
Remedios for the Road
Goodbye and outro

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Many thanks to Luis Alfonso for the music in this episode. Image credit to City of Asylum.

Thanks for listening!