Pájaros, lesbianas y queers...¡a volar! An LGBTQ+ Anthology of Dominican Transnational Writers, is a bilingual compilation of poetry, essays, short stories, short plays and memoirs by out Dominican writers on the island and the diaspora. It is a powerful representation of some of the literary, social, political and cultural movements currently taking place in the Dominican community. The worlds, ideas, feelings and stories depicted in this book show how LGBTQ+ Dominicans both fit in and are alienated from the national dictum "Dios, Patria y Libertad", all while navigating typical human traits such as love, family, identity, home, safety, courage, sexuality, faith, language.
Pájaros, lesbianas y queers...¡a volar! An LGBTQ+ Anthology of Dominican Transnational Writers, es una compilación bilingüe de poesía, ensayos, cuentos, microteatro y memorias por escritores dominicanes en la isla y en la diáspora, auto-identificades como parte de la comunidad LGBTQ+. Este libro es una representación significativa de algunos de los movimientos literarios, sociales, políticos y culturales que actualmente transcurren en la comunidad dominicana. Los mundos, las ideas, los sentimientos y las historias encarnadas en esta antología muestran cómo les dominicanes LGBTQ+ se integran y a la vez se disgregan del lema nacional "Dios, Patria y Libertad", al lidiar con rasgos tan típicos y humanos como el amor, la familia, la identidad, el hogar, la seguridad, el valor, la fe y el lenguaje.
Yoseli Castillo Fuertes, born in the Dominican Republic in 1972, migrated to the United States at 16 years old. She holds a BA in Psychology and an MA in Spanish Literature. She is a bilingual-afro dominican - latina - lesbian - poet - activist-teacher-aunt-mom. A Cave Canem alumnus, her poems and short stories have appeared in various anthologies inNew York, Madrid, Argentina and Santo Domingo. Her online work can be found in publications by Dominican Writers Association, Hispanecdotes, Project Zu, Academia Canaria de la Lengua Revista Literaria, The Voices Project, amongst others. Her first poetry book, De eso sí se habla/Of That, I Speak (2012) is sold out and out of print. For more information you can contact her: cyoseli@yahoo.com / Yoseli Castillo / IG @yoseliescribe
Alicia Anabel Santos Diaz is an Afrolatina Lesbian Storyteller, Performance Artist, Filmmaker, Producer, Playwright, Public Speaker, Activist and Writing Midwife, and Priestess initiated in La Regla de Ocha. Her stories celebrate and honor Black and Indigenous women throughout the diaspora. She was born in Brooklyn and is a proud Dominican Writer. Her memoir Finding your Force: A Journey to Love was published in 2011. Anabel was awarded the BRIO Award (Bronx Recognizes Its Own) for fiction in 2018. In 2008 she wrote and produced the documentary, Afrolatinos La historia que nunca nos contaron. She is currently working on a historical fiction memoir where she merges poetry and witchcraft, and is writing "I.D.G.A.F - I Don't Give a Fck: One Hundred Years of Rage '', a memoir that dissects three generations of rage. Alicia can be found teaching zoom writing workshops to elders in the Bronx. She attended New York University and in 2021 she rematriated to the Dominican Republic to honor the land of her parents. WEBSITE: lasantera.nyc / IG: @_lasantera
