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*PREVIEW* On this #litreview, Yvette and her Yale sorority sister Maria digest the first 150 pages of Gioconda Belli's memoir "El Pais Bajo Mi Piel". They discuss whether Belli is sufficiently honest about her class positionality and the privileges that brought her in the revolution, critique how the most prominent figures from Latin American literature and art tend to have some proximity to whiteness, and express appreciation for Belli's descriptions of divine femininity.

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* PREVIEW * On this #litreview, Yvette and her Yale sorority sister Maria digest the first 150 pages of Gioconda Belli's memoir "El Pais Bajo Mi Piel". They discuss whether Belli is sufficiently honest about her class positionality and the privileges that brought her in the revolution, critique how the most prominent figures from Latin American literature and art tend to have some proximity to whiteness, and express appreciation for Belli's descriptions of divine femininity.

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On this episode, Yvette interviews Maya-- a fellow Yalie and member of the Tohono Oodham nation. Maya shares the inspiration behind her book draft "Journey to the Heart of the Desert," why she believes story-telling preserves culture, and her writing process that led to her to choose literary non-fiction as the book's genre. Journey to the Heart of the desert tells the story of Maya's grandmother-- a black womxn living in Harlem in the 1930's who decided on a whim to move to the Tohono Oodham nation to become a teacher on the reservation---and the love story between her and Maya's grandfather. This episode includes a read-aloud of an excerpt of the book-- so you don't want to miss this!

On this episode, Yvette and Jehan break down “United States v. Sineneng-Smith,” a case that was up before the Supreme Court this past week for oral arguments regarding a statute that criminalizes encouraging or inducing a migrant to stay in the United States without authorization. 

They outline the reasons the statute at issue is problematically vague and overbroad, how it could potentially be prosecuted, and why it will chill free speech if decided incorrectly.

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On this episode, Yvette interviews Lola Rainhey, former-prosecutor-turned-abolitionist and Executive Director of the Tucson Second Chance Bail Fund. ⁠

⁠Lola sheds light on the disproportionate sentence lengths for black folks who are incarcerated for marijuana offenses in Arizona, shares how she navigates leadership roles within a predominantly white legal field, and calls out lawyers for being financially dependent on a system of oppression. ⁠

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On this *UNLOCKED SEASON 1 LIT REVIEW* Yvette interviews Maya-- a fellow Yalie and member of the Tohono Oodham nation. Maya shares the inspiration behind her book draft "Journey to the Heart of the Desert," why she believes story-telling preserves culture, and her writing process that led to her to choose literary non-fiction as the book's genre. Journey to the Heart of the desert tells the story of Maya's grandmother-- a black womxn living in Harlem in the 1930's who decided on a whim to move to the Tohono Oodham nation to become a teacher on the reservation---and the love story between her and Maya's grandfather. This episode includes a read-aloud of an excerpt of the book-- so you don't want to miss this!

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On this episode, Yvette interviews Steph Zamora, the advocacy director at the Colibri Center for Human Rights, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping family members and loved ones of people who disappeared in the desert reunite or bury their loved one. 

Steph and Yvette outline the importance of naming the violence enacted by the Mexican government against Central American migrants. 

Steph shares her personal story of migration and how that inspired her to do this work. 

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On the latest #LitReview, I interview Chicana author Angelica Loreto about her research and book analyzing narco-corridos (drug ballads) and documenting the romantic relationship that sprung from “chasing the music.” 

She noted that although narco-corridos glorify violence, they can also provide space for healing in that they preserve narratives, including the lives of those lost from violence, through oral history. ⁠ 

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On this episode, Yvette interviews #lawtina Zarina who defends parents in cases where the state is trying to take away their children. 

Zarina has previously practiced in the AZ attorney general’s office prosecuting parents and shares why she left, opened her own private practice, and began defending parents. 

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