“I Live in the Middle Land Somewhere”: An Interview with Feminist Writer Margarita Tavera Rivera
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https://doi.org/10.21827/mistral.4.42951Keywords:
Chicano/a Studies, Chicana Feminism, Margarita Tavera Rivera, TranslationAbstract
Conducted before the author’s death in December 2023, this interview sees Margarita Tavera Rivera reflect upon what being a Chicano/a writer means and what implications self-labeling herself as one carries. Despite explaining why being a woman had a more profound influence on her work than the cultural aspects of being a Chicana, the feminist writer gives an insight into which Chicano/a authors she met in her lifetime and how they influenced her writing. Best known for her play La condición (1991) and her short story ‘Sed’ (1993), Tavera Rivera discusses the content of her works, the inevitable consequences that arise from literary translation as well as relating her writings to her newest undertaking of painting.
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