Sound engineer: Oscar Perez
On the first half of this episode we interviewed the Chilean author Gonzalo C. Garcia about his debut novel, shortlisted for the Edinburgh First Book Award, We are the end.
We Are The End, is a book heavily influenced by Gonzalo C. Garcia’s marked interest in Santiago de Chile, the relationship between video games, digital culture and everyday constructions of narrative.
In the interview, Gonzalo C. Garcia talks about how music triggered his interest in writing, the music scene in Santiago de Chile, the process of writing his first novel, being a lecturer in creative writing; while sharing some tunes from his We-are-the-end-playlist.
Gonzalo C. Garcia currently teaches creative writing at the University of Warwick. We Are the End is his debut novel.
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On the second half of the episode and celebrating the 100 birthday of the poet and singer-songwriter Violeta Parra, we invited the academic, poet and author Consuelo Rivera-Fuentes to talk about the remarkable woman that Violeta Parra was.
Mentioned in this episode:
Indy publisher: Galley Beggar Press
Music band: Miss Garrison
Author: Sherman Alexie
Chilean composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist Violeta Parra
Academic, writer, poet and publisher Consuelo Rivera-Fuentes was featured on episode 9!
Songs of Violeta Parra shared in this episode:
Gracias a la vida
Volver a los 17
Literary South 