Cafecito con… Víctor Fragoso: ser islas

Save the date for the official launch of the latest book released in the Diasporican Library collection of the CENTRO Press, ser islas/being islands by Victor Fragoso and translated by Paul Orbuch!

Victor Fragoso (1944-1982), a Puerto Rican writer, made his mark in poetry, playwriting, and essays. His work traversed disciplines and boundaries, leaving an indelible impact on the Puerto Rican and queer communities in New York and beyond.

Originally published in 1976, this latest edition of ser islas/being islands delicately interwines images from Fragoso’s personal archival collections, elegantly capturing the nostalgic and intimate nature of his work with new essays by Archivist Herbert Duran and Gustavo Quintero Vera. “In Fragoso, the intimate and the political do not clash; there is a poiesis of encounter, a queer gaze upon the always-queer experience of being human” (Ángel Antonio Ruiz Laboy).

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