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:

The Poetry Room

Jumko Ogata

Escritora, traductora y divulgadora del antirracismo. Originaria de Veracruz, es licenciada en Estudios Latinoamericanos por la UNAM. Ha sido publicada en la Revista de la Universidad, ha participado en la antología Tsunami 2 (Sexto Piso, 2020), así como en la colección Hijas de América Latina (HarperCollins, 2023) y Cabezas en la ventana. Antología de terror latinoamericano (Elefanta, 2024). Es autora de Mi pelo chino, un libro infantil bilingüe en español y mixteco con ilustraciones de Rey Pelcastre (Almadía, 2022). Es traductora de Hermanas del ñame. Mujeres negras y nuestra recuperación de bell hooks (U-tópicas Ediciones, 2024), así como de Experimentos en alegría (Co—Conspirator Press e Impresos México, 2023). Ha impartido talleres sobre antirracismo para Meta, Google, la Secretaría de Cultura y distintas organizaciones sin fines de lucro en México y Estados Unidos.

Other activities involving the participant:

Southern literature

Alba Muñoz

Invitado de Honor

Journalist and writer. She has worked as an independent reporter in various parts of the world, most notably the Balkans, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. From 2018 to 2019, she lived in South Africa, where she contributed to El País and 5W. For five years, she was a writer and editor at the online magazine PlayGround, specialising in digital journalism and feminism. She has also written for the BBC, El Mundo, ElDiario.es and other media. Her first documentary, Now You Are a Woman, won the Audience Award at the FIRE!! festival in 2019. Between May and June 2023, she took part in the Finestres literary residency. She currently works in communications and as a scriptwriter for audiovisual projects.

Other activities involving the participant:

Reading and writing in times of war
The journey that transforms

Enzo Maqueira

(Buenos Aires, 1977) 

Es autor del libro de crónicas Historias de putas (2008) y de las novelas Ruda macho (2010), El impostor (2011), Electrónica (2014), Hágase usted mismo (2018, finalista del Premio Silverio Cañada de la Semana Negra de Gijón, y Premio municipal Ricardo Rojas de la ciudad de Buenos Aires) e Higiene sexual del soltero (2023). Fue traducido al inglés, portugués, italiano y francés. Es graduado en comunicación social, docente universitario y colabora con diversos medios gráficos y digitales, como las revistas Anfibia, Vice y Viva, y el diario Clarín. Además, conduce el programa Narraciones extraordinarias, por radio Provincia. Es miembro fundador de la Unión de Escritoras y Escritores, asociación civil que brega por los derechos laborales de los autores.