Carribean Fragoza

Carribean Fragoza is an American journalist, writer, and artist. She is the founder and co-director of the arts collective, South El Monte Art Posse (SEMAP). ^[1] In 2023, she received a Whiting Award for her short story collection Eat the Mouth That Feeds You. ^{[2] [3]}

Life

She grew up in South El Monte. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles where she majored in Comparative Literature and Chicana/o Studies. ^[4] She went on to graduate from the California Institute of the Arts ^[5] with an M.F.A. in Fiction. ^[1]

Works

• Eat the Mouth That Feeds You, City Lights Books, 2021. ISBN   9780872868335 ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}
• Guzman, Romeo; Fragoza, Carribean; Cummings, Alex Sayf; Reft, Ryan, eds. (2020). East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. ISBN   978-1-9788-0548-4.

References

1. "About". Carribean Fragoza. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
2. Miranda, Carolina A. (March 29, 2023). "L.A. author Carribean Fragoza wins prestigious $50,000 Whiting Award". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
3. "Eat the Mouth That Feeds You". citylights.com. City Lights. Retrieved October 31, 2024. WINNER OF THE WHITING AWARD
4. Cheng, Cheryl (June 10, 2021). "Alumna Carribean Fragoza Writes Fiction That Shifts Narratives". UCLA Magazine. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
5. Ohanesian, Liz (March 23, 2021). "How El Monte and the San Gabriel Valley inspire writer Carribean Fragoza's writing". The Orange County Register . Archived from the original on March 23, 2021.
6. Pineda, Dorany (April 5, 2021). "Carribean Fragoza lives the life she writes — busy, creative and slightly surreal". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on April 5, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
7. "Women on the Border Between Here and There". Alta Online. December 14, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
8. "Introducing the Special Guest". Alta Online. December 19, 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
9. Fajardo-Anstine, Kali (March 23, 2021). "A Visceral and Fabulist Short Story Collection Filled With Roots, Inheritance and Blood". The New York Times . ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved May 21, 2024.

External links

• About – Carribean Fragoza
• The PEN Ten: An Interview with Carribean Fragoza - PEN America