Patricia Benito

Invitado de Honor

I have lived in three cities, nine homes and some houses. I've fallen in love once. I've run down from a burning train and I've seen a bomb explode. I don't believe in things that last forever. Or yes, I don't know. Strawberries, with condensed milk. Every now and then I need to move things around, whether it's furniture, people or my whole life. If I don't travel, I can't breathe. I start wanting too fast and I stop wanting too slow. I can't remember the last time I fell asleep early. I measure time in half beers, and I don't make plans for more than half a beer. I cry at demonstrations when I hear Labordeta. I need you close, but not on top. I always go with the weakest. I can't imagine a world without cheese or chocolate. It's almost always better to give than to receive, and I'm not talking about sex; not just sex. The queen of my house is a lame cat that won't stop purring. Empathy should move the world, not just mine. 
If you've read this far, you can stay. 
 

Other activities involving the participant:

Reframing feminism: motherhood, surrogacy, and other ongoing struggles

Benito Taibo

(Mexico City, 1960)

He is a writer, journalist and enthusiastic promoter of reading among young people. He began his journey in literature as a poet with Siete primeros poemas (1976), Vivos y suicidas (1978), Recetas para el desastre (1987) and De la función social de las gitanas (2002). He has published his novels in Planeta Polvo (2010), Persona normal (2011), Querido Escorpión (2013), Desde mi muro (2014), Cómplices (2015), Corazonadas (2016) and the trilogy Mundo sin dioses: Camino a Sognum (2018), La razón y la ira (2019) y Caos y destino (2020), Pasar inadvertido (Seix Barral, 2022). His most recent book is Cuchara y memoria (2024), a celebration of life through flavors and memories.

Other activities involving the participant:

One Thousand Young People with Joan Manuel Serrat
Journey to the center of the AI