Melvill
Rodrigo Fresán Literatura Random House · 2022
Melvill, by Rodrigo Fresán, recovers the figures of Herman Melville and his father, Allan Melvill. A metaliterary exercise that talks about family stigmas, of the writing itself, of whales, of castaways and sailors. With hypnotic writing, tells us about walking on ice, with footnotes that tell us and establish a dialogue, a conversation that leads to how parents raise their children, a book that talks about paternal absence along with reflection on creation. LIGHTS ROMERO (Bartleby)
In the Shadow of the American Dream
Reality
memory of love The first novelty of this 2022 of Errata Naturae is an example of the great quality of Danish literature, that we often miss among the new publications. Memory of Love is a story about the lights and shadows of motherhood and the relationship between mother and daughter.. The resignation, the reproaches, love. About getting lost and finding yourself. Life, after all. ALODIA CLEMENTE (The Red)
Crazy brave. A brave donut
Joy Harjo · Letter Print · 2021
Hypnotic memoirs of an American Indian woman who builds her life with all the elements against it: a despotic father, the marginalization of his people, the poverty, the masculinity of theirs. A story of overcoming and fighting for personal and collective identity, in the middle of the America of the sixties and seventies. lyricism, nature, humanity, warmth: a brave and powerful voice. GUSTAU MUÑOZ
You run like a girl
David Guerrero Two Mustaches · 2021
If machismo, homophobia and binarism stomp heavily in daily life, in sports they run light, they are on their land. They were until Martina Navratilova, Ian Thorpe y Laurel Hubbard (the first transgender woman to compete in the Olympic games) They took the ball out of the field and began to change the rules of the game. Why is there no synchronized swimming or men's rhythmic gymnastics?? How can it be that, also in chess, segregate by sex? Where do intersex people fit in? (1,7% of the population) in binary sports competitions that only distinguish between men and women? What about transsexual people?? Why are there no male soccer players who make their sexual orientation public when it is not normative?? And yet, LGTBI women in sports say they suffer more discrimination because of women than because they belong to the group. These are questions that David Guerrero asks us in this interesting essay that analyzes the social implications of sport beyond brands., exploits and results. The answers are not always clear and unambiguous, but You run like a girl It is a good start to start discussing them. S.M.
