Listeners, we're back this week with Elisabet Velasquez.

Elisabet Velasquez is a Boricua writer born in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Her work has been featured in Muzzle Magazine, Winter Tangerine, Latina Magazine, We Are Mitú, Tidal, and more. Her debut novel, WHEN WE MAKE IT, has been selected as an Indie Next selection and The New York Times named it as a new and upcoming book to watch for. You can find it wherever books are sold.

 

During our conversation, we talked about:

 

 

Relevant Timetamps:

5:48 - Her grandparent's immigration story

11:51 - Her parents

15:07 - Going to Puerto Rico

16:31 - 'In Puerto Rico I was Americana'

17:47 - Visiting her grandmother

21:02 - Writing

24:22 - Our stories were important

35:06 - Education and writing 'contra la corriente'

36:57 - Being a statistic

38:51 - Nuyorican Poets Cafe

43:51 - Poetry

44:54 - 'Poetry to me is...'

46:53 - Professional Spanish

 

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